Men In Hijabs: Iranian Green Movement's New Tactic
Radio Liberty / Golnaz Esfandiari
10-Dec-2009 (3 comments)

Iranian oppositionists have launched a campaign in support of student Majid Tavakoli, who was arrested on Students Day on December 7 after giving a passionate speech during an antigovernment protest at Tehran’s Amir Kabir University.

Watch the speech here.

The semi-official Fars news agency posted pictures of Tavakoli dressed as a woman after he reportedly tried to escape by disguising himself. Fars paired a picture of Tavakoli with one of Abol Hassan Bani Sadr, Iran’s first president after the 1979 revolution, who reportedly escaped in 1981 disguised as a woman.

In solidarity with Tavakoli, some Iranian men are taking pictures of themselves while wearing the Islamic hijab, which is compulsory for women in Iran, and posting the pictures on Facebook. (Check out the photos here.)

They are calling for an end to Iran’s mistreatment of prisoners including Tavakoli.

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by sag koochooloo on

I added a comment to your blog from the article I posted on the 9th because I was following his case. I am aware of the issues surrounding this young man . Thanks.


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That's exactly the point!

They used the hejab and the women clothes to demoralize the young man and to ridicule him. This campaign is to show that real men are not ashamed to be in women clothes. 

I am sorry that you seem to have misunderstood the whole thing.

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some allege Tavakoli was forced into clothes for mockery

by sag koochooloo on

The blogger Mojtaba Samienejad charged that Tavakoli had not been in disguise when he was detained but been forced into those clothes by the authorities after his arrest. One witness to the arrest told a human rights group, “All the pictures published by the state media are false and a clear use of immoral means against student and civil activists in Iran.” This is so sad and if Amnesty do not take up his case I am afraid that he will be treated very harshly to set an example. What a brave young man.