Ali Akbar Zarei, the Director of Foreign Nationals Affairs of Qom province, warned Afghan refugees that if they fail to comply with the mandatory hijab law of Iran, they would be deported. On Tuesday, Zarei added that the refugees will also not receive government services.
The Qom province organised a conference on the same topic for Afghan refugees and sought their cooperation in promoting the mandatory hijab law.
According to Iran's state television, the authorities of Qom province asked the heads of 220 delegations of Afghan refugees in this province to "take more active steps on the issue of hijab”.
Following the death of Iranian university student, Mahsa Amini, on the issue of the Hijab by Iranian law morality police, and the recent nationwide protests of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic and the mandatory hijab, non-observance of this law by Iranian women has increased. The authorities of Iran have admitted that the issue of hijab has become an important challenge for the Islamic Republic.
