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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran denounces skater who flouted hijab rule abroad amid protests

Demonstrators attend a protest in support of Iranian women and in response to the death of Mahsa Amini - who died in police custody after being arrested for allegedly not following Iran's dress code for women - near the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on November 7, 2022 [Dilara Senkaya/Reuters]

Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have denounced a professional skater who competed abroad without adhering to the country’s mandatory hijab rules amid protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

Protests that erupted following 22-year-old Amini’s death in the custody of the country’s so-called morality police, after she was arrested for alleged non-compliance with a mandatory dress code, are approaching the end of their second month.

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