Tehran : Displeasure is being expressed about an advertisement in Iran. In this, a woman is seen eating ice cream. The controversy has increased so much that Iran has banned women from working in advertising. Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has imposed the ban, citing the country’s strict ‘purity law’. The country’s radical Islamic leaders were furious when an advertisement of a woman wearing a hijab eating chocolate ice cream appeared on TV.
Some fanatics, furious after seeing the advertisement, have appealed to the authorities to file a case against the ice cream makers. Mirror has given this information in its report. According to a letter issued by the Iranian ministry, the clerics said the ad was against “public civilisation” and “insults” the “values of women”. In a letter sent to Iran’s arts and cinema schools, the ministry cited “hijab and chastity rules” for the ban, which prohibit women from working in any form of advertising.
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Ban on use of musical instruments
The letter reportedly states that the ban follows the decisions of the Supreme Council of the Culture Revolution. The new order also emphasizes on the country’s long-standing rules related to commercial advertisements which reportedly include a ban on “use of musical instruments” not only by women but also by children and men. The ban comes at a time when Iranian women have launched a social media campaign against the Islamic Republic’s hijab enforcement team patrolling the streets.
Protest against Hijab in Iran
After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, it was made compulsory for women in Iran to wear the hijab. Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi is a cleric and he has the support of every conservative section of the country. At present, he has to face the anger of the youth of the country. The youth of the country are describing the hijab law as a “planned way to advance moral corruption in Islamic society”. Authorities in Iran are catching people who have made up their mind for the protests.