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Islamic Republic of Iran: Bank manager fired for providing service to unveiled woman

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The protesters just keep coming. Can Iranian authorities fire and/or imprison the entire population of the country?

“Iran: Bank manager sacked for providing service to woman without veil,” Reuters, November 27, 2022:

Mehr news agency reported that the bank manager in Qom province, near Tehran, “had provided bank services on Thursday to an unveiled woman”. As a result, he was “removed from his position by order of the governor.” The 80 million nation has a legislation requiring women to cover their heads, necks, and hair, which is upheld by the morality police.

An Iranian bank manager who served a lady who was not wearing a head covering has been sacked as protests over the requirement to cover one’s head rock the Islamic Republic. The 80 million nation has a legislation requiring women to cover their heads, necks, and hair, which is upheld by the morality police….

Mehr news agency reported that the bank manager in Qom province, near Tehran, “had provided bank services on Thursday to an unveiled woman”. As a result, he was “removed from his position by order of the governor,” Mehr quoted deputy governor Ahmad Hajizadeh. Mehr added that the video of the unveiled woman “elicited a lot of reaction on social media.”

The majority of banks in Iran are run by the government, and according to Hajizadeh, it is the administrators of these establishments who are in charge of carrying out the hijab rule….

Ebrahim Raisi, the ultra-conservative president of this year, however, called for the mobilisation of “all state institutions to execute the headscarf rule” in July. However, a lot of women kept flouting the law.

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