A legal case has been initiated against the organizers of the journalism awards ceremony of the Tehran Association of Journalists (Cheragh) and female journalists who participated in the event without adhering to mandatory hijab.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s judicial news agency, Mizan, announced that due to the presence of several female journalists without the mandatory hijab at the Cheragh journalism awards ceremony, legal action would be taken against “the organizers of the event and those who attended without adhering to hijab.”
On Thursday, March 6, 2025, the third edition of the journalism awards by the Tehran Association of Journalists (Cheragh) took place. The ceremony was attended by Iranian journalists and several government officials, during which a number of women participated with optional coverings and without following the mandatory hijab.
In one of the videos shared from the event, Marzieh Amiri, an economic journalist and former political prisoner, received her award from the ceremony organizers without wearing a headscarf. Marzieh Amiri was one of the female journalists present at the Cheragh journalism awards ceremony against whom a legal case has been filed.
Despite the resistance of Iranian women against hijab laws in the country, the Iranian government continues to enforce these laws stringently. According to the annual report by the Defending Free Flow Of Information Organization (DeFFI), at least eight Iranian female journalists faced legal repercussions in 2024 for not adhering to the mandatory hijab laws.