Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran's headscarf law

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Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran's headscarf law
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Police have shut down the Turkish Airlines office in the Iranian capital after female employees there apparently refused to wear the mandatory headscarf, or hijab, in an act of defiance of the country's laws.

Women line up to vote for the presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh in northern Tehran , Iran , Friday, July 5, 2024. Iran held a runoff presidential election on Friday that pitted a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker.

According to Tasnim, the Turkish Airlines office will be allowed to reopen on Wednesday and resume business as usual, something that the police did not confirm. The report further said that police would not seal any business due to the non-observance of hijab but issue first warnings.after her arrest by the country’s morality police.

The state-run IRNA news agency quoted Tehran Prosecutor Ali Salehi as saying that no legal proceedings or ruling had been issued regarding the sealing the Turkish Airlines office in Tehran.

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