Some societies need social or economic reforms. Iran needs progressive, serious political change. However, the Hijab Law is not the whole story. Accordingly, the presence of university students has been salient, and interestingly the increasing participation of the humanities students-including students of philosophy, sociology, literature, economics, and arts–indicates a serious change in structure of the student movements that have traditionally been led by the students of engineering and medical schools. Interestingly, the emergence of new generations of political subjects (those who were born after 90’s) is a harbinger of a drastic paradigm shift in Iranians’ political participation. These groups have all united in protesting against the Hijab Law. Groups which otherwise have conflicting interests have stuck together for Mahsa Iran has different Ethnicities with different cultures, different economic classes, and two different (moderate and radical) political oppositions with very different ideas. Ever since, Iranians have widely protested against the Hijab Law. The public believes that her death was owed to police brutality. While in custody of the morality police, she died.
In September 2022, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman visiting Tehran with her family, was arrested for the “improper wearing” of the hijab. This law is terrible, but even worse is the “morality police” in charge of enforcing it. Hijab (a head and body covering for women) has been mandatory in post-revolutionary Iran. A Philosophical Note #For Mahsa: Fighting for Truth in an Epistemologically Polluted Area
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