Iranian women who ignore the laws requiring them to keep their heads covered while in public will soon be in for "scientific and psychological treatment" to end their defiance. The head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice announced the government's plans to open the

Women who refuse to wear a hijab in Iran will be given treatment at a mental health clinic in the capital Tehran. The Iranian state announced that the centre will be called the Clinic for Quitting Hijab Removal.

This latest attempt comes after the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Iranian women who resist wearing the hijab are to be given treatment at a specialist mental health clinic in Tehran.

The ‘Clinic for Quitting Hijab Removal’ will be for the scientific and psychological treatment of removing the hijab, specifically for the teenage generation, young adults, and women seeking social an

The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches.

Witness reports and Iran’s systematic use of punitive psychiatry to undermine dissent contradict government claims that the woman had a mental health crisis and was not protesting enforcement of the country’s mandatory dress code.

In a move sparking outrage among women and human rights activists, Iran has announced plans to open a “hijab removal treatment clinic” aimed at women who refuse to comply with the country’s strict hijab laws.

In an ongoing crackdown on women's rights, Iran has established a new mental health facility in Tehran, the Clinic for Quitting Hijab Removal, aimed at "treating" women and girls who resist wearing the hijab.