In the second part of Hijab – Compulsory Life, we examine the contradictions in Iran’s hijab law: massive budgets were spent to approve and enforce punishments—from fines and travel bans to imprisonment—but its enforcement was suddenly declared halted. At the same time, security technologies such as smart cameras and reporting apps became tools of women’s oppression.
Sahar Naseri, together with Nazila Golestan from Iran Hamāva and Mansoureh Hosseini-Yeganeh, a researcher and journalist specializing in women’s issues, explore: what does it mean when technology and governmental power are used against women’s everyday freedoms? And why did this repression machine suddenly stop after the 12-day war?
The Hamāva podcast series aims to expand the national discourse around universal values, democracy, the separation of religion and state, human rights, and gender equality.
Within such a framework, through collective wisdom, we can work toward a free and proud Iran for all Iranians, regardless of their beliefs, ideas, gender, or ethnicity.