A confrontation sparked by a Hijab patrol in the city of Fasa over the outfit of two teenage girls escalated into an altercation and ultimately led to the arrest of the girls.
On Wednesday evening, August 20, outside a café in a commercial center of Fasa, a veiled woman, a Hijab patrol, confronted the teenagers under the pretext of “promoting virtue and forbidding vice”—a state-sanctioned concept used to justify interference in personal dress and behavior. The intervention quickly turned into a heated altercation, where the public supported the two teenage girls.
According to the Prosecutor General of Fars Province, a judicial case was opened against the two teenage girls, who were arrested, formally charged, and transferred to the Shiraz Juvenile Detention and Correctional Center.
Authorities also confirmed that on Wednesday, August 27, the individual who filmed and shared the video was detained.
As part of the crackdown, the café where the confrontation occurred was sealed by judicial order. Officials further announced that investigations are underway to identify other individuals present at the scene, accusing them of “encouraging and inciting” the teenagers.
