ALBAWABA - Activists on social media circulated a photo showing a woman holding a banner reading "زن، زندگی، آزادی (which means: Women, Life, Freedom)" slogan with her back filled with red scars.
Masih Alinejad, an Iranian American journalist and women's rights activist, posted the photo of the woman and said that the Iranian female was sentenced to 74 lashes by the regime for showing her hair in public.
Despite that the woman's name was unidentified in the post, Alinejad wrote: "This is the brutal reality of life for women under the Islamic Republic in Iran. A woman in Tehran sent me this photo of her scarred back, flogged for the 'crime' of showing her hair. Yet, she refuses to be silenced."
This is the brutal reality of life for women under the Islamic Republic in Iran. A woman in Tehran sent me this photo of her scarred back, flogged for the “crime” of showing her hair. Yet, she refuses to be silenced.
Holding a Woman, Life, Freedom slogan, she took this photo as… pic.twitter.com/7q8A6lZINx— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) December 1, 2024
The activist continued to say that the woman said: "The morality police arrested me for resisting their van. My ‘crime’ was unveiling. After months of court hearings, I was sentenced to 74 lashes. The cleric overseeing the punishment stood there to ensure it was carried out. I won’t give up my fight against this brutal regime, but we are fed up with living as prisoners in our own homeland."
Masih maintained: "Her scars tell the story of oppression, but her courage speaks of a revolution."
Women in the country face harsh rules as the Iranian regime bans women from appearing in public without their hijabs.
