Tehran Regime’s Attempt to Use Images of Renowned Women to End Protests Fails

This combination of pictures created on October 14, 2022 shows (L) Iranians driving past past a huge billboard which reads in Persian “the women of my land, Iran” in Valiasr Square in the capital Tehran, and (R) an image taken on October 13, of a huge billboard showing a montage of pictures titled “the women of my land, Iran” featuring Iranian women who are all observing the hijab, on Valiasr Square in Tehran.(AFP)

A photomontage of dozens of renowned Iranian women all observing hijab disappeared from a Tehran billboard Friday.

Authorities hung up the large montage in a bid to show they had the support of famous women amid ongoing anti-government protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.