ORGANISERS of an Iranian marathon have been arrested by morality police for allowing women to race with their hair uncovered.
In a display of rebellion against the ultraconservative regime, hundreds of women competed in the marathon on Friday without hijab.
Women can be seen starting the race without headscarves onCredit: X
2000 women competed in the marathon on Kish IslandCredit: X
Iranian officials warned marathon organisers that the race would be a “violation of public decency” before the event started, while local news outlets condemned the 26.2 mile race for “promoting debauchery”.
Despite the outcry, 2000 women took part in the race, with some brave enough to leave their hair out – standing up to the Ayatollah’s rules.
The footage from the marathon start line of a sea of women in red shirts without headscarves sealed the fate for two of the organisers.
They have since been arrested for not enforcing the strict mandatory hijab and modesty rules, which have been violently imposed for decades.
The judiciary earlier reported a criminal case had been opened against the organisers of the race, which was held on Kish Island off the southern coast of Iran.
“Two of the main organisers of the competition were arrested on warrants,” the judiciary’s Mizan news website reported on Saturday.
“One of those arrested is an official in the Kish free zone, and the other works for the private company that organised the race.”
Earlier this week, female rappers .
are increasingly posing an existential threat to the country’s 46-year autocracy by breaking strict rules that their parents were forced to accept.
Musicians like Eli are openly performing in public as authorities struggle to regain the iron grip they once had on the youth.
The age of smartphones and a world beyond state media has opened the eyes of young Iranians to freedom of expression.
Now Zoomers are flouting rules prohibiting dancing, co-habiting, dating and rapping, and young women are doing away with the mandatory hijab.
The tyrannical Islamic Republic has banned most forms of dance since Ruhollah Khomeini’s 1979 coup.
Current supreme leader Khamenei has claimed that women dancing in front of strangers is prohibited because it “incites lust”, and these rulings have effectively removed it from Iranian culture until now.
Iran’s brave Gen-Z girl rappers defy the regime tyrants by posting songs onlineCredit: Instagram
Leaders are struggling to control the wave of dissent from the country’s youthCredit: YouTube
A Tehran high-school teacher spoke to The Telegraph about how the incoming generation is “remarkably different” to their parents and “worthy of study”.
“Unlike our generation, which was often frustrated by such laws but eventually conformed, they actively ignore them,” they added.
The despotic regime recently arrested a Taekwondo and gymnastics coach for not wearing a headscarf during a public performance in Tehran.
Haniyeh Shariati Roudposhti’s arrest by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence came after a .
Videos of her previous online stunts show her back flipping joyously, performing taekwondo kicks and balancing on gym equipment- all without a headscarf.
The high level athlete usually wears tight leggings and oversized t-shirts with her long hair flowing, as seen in her videos.
According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Shariati Roudposhti was taken to an undisclosed location upon her detainment.
Her social media accounts were taken over by Iranian security agencies following the arrest and she has since been released and posted an apology video online.
Iranian taekwondo athlete Haniyeh Shariati Roudposhti was detained in IranCredit: Instagram/@haniyehflex
She posted an apology video after her releaseCredit: Instagram/@haniyehflex
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