Most women experience the state-sponsored violence to enforce the veil everywhere, every day and round the clock on the streets of cities across the country.

The Commander of the State Security Force, Hossein Ashtari, once boasted that his forces arrest at least 2,000 women every day in cities across the country, for flouting the compulsory veil (The state-run Tasnim news agency, September 29, 2016).

These arrests are accompanied by violence, and 27 ministries and institutions are tasked with enforcing the mandatory Hijab on Iranian women.

In very few occasions where a bystander manages to film the state security forces or morality patrols’ treatment of women in the streets, the video clipsare truly heart-rending and horrifying. They bring to life the pain and horror of Iranian women who are routinely denied their freedom to choose their clothing.

One of the regime’s female MPs once acknowledged that there are long-lasting psychological consequences for women who are dealt with by the Guidance Patrol. Parvaneh Salahshouri told a parliamentary session, “The anxiety and fear caused by the Guidance Patrol affects some young women and girls for long years, leaving undesirable psychological consequences. As an MP, I have seen cases when the girl’s cover was not that bad but such unprincipled approaches have caused psychological problems for the person which has led to other ailments” (The state-run Mehr news agency, November 28, 2017).

Here is Our request from Australian Government

Every day, many of Iranian women are arrested because of taking the mandatory hijab off. 

Iranian around Australia are calling for Action from the Australian Government to:

· Condemn the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) for violating the basic human rights of its own people; violently suppressing protestors; the use of force and violence and killing of citizens involved in protests.

· Impose Magnitsky-style or other forms of targeted sanctions, including financial asset freezing and introducing visa bans on people linked to the Iranian regime (including the members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), key security officials, Basiji Militia and the morality police);

· Recognise the movement of Iranian people to oppose and protest their government to demand basic human rights;

· Declare the IRCG a ‘terrorist organisation’ under the Criminal Code Act 1995;

· Pass, sponsor and support a strong resolution against the criminal actions of the Islamic Republic both in the Australian Parliament and at the UN General Assembly and encourage counterparts in allied countries to take similar steps;

· Take steps to remove Iran from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW);

· Support Iranians’ access to the Internet and social media networks as well as the Iranian Civil Society in all possible manner;

· The immediate release of those who have been detained as a result of these protests;

·To lead and join with the international community to put political and diplomatic pressure on IRI to abolish these discriminatory laws, to stop violating human rights, including the massacre of its own people;

· Meet with the Iranian ambassador as soon as possible to raise these concerns directly.

. Urging the UN to sponsor and monitor a Referendum for a democratic constitution in Iran