A video from Iran is going viral on social media in which a woman is confronting a cleric at an airport in Mehrabad. In the clip shared by user Navid Mohebbi on “So do you have respect now?” She confronts the clerk before searching for her husband and asking, “What did you do to my husband?” The exact date and cause of the initial confrontation are unclear.
Sharing the video on It appears that Mulla had argued with him earlier.
Take a look at the video below:
?Brave Iranian woman confronts a mullah in Iran.
▶️ Mehrabad Airport: A woman without hijab angrily grabs Mullah’s turban and wraps it around her head. It appears that Mulla had argued with him earlier. pic.twitter.com/MLssxAEauN
– Navid Mohebbi نوید محبی (@navidmohebbi) 6 January 2025
according to Iran InternationalThe woman confronted the cleric for allegedly harassing her for not wearing hijab. However, mashregh newsA media outlet affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reported that the incident was not hijab-related. The outlet also claimed the woman had “psychological problems.” He was briefly detained but later released “with the consent of the complainants”.
However, social media users disputed Mashregh News Explanation. One user praised the woman’s “transformation of the turban into a mandatory scarf” as an innovative form of resistance. Iran International. Another wrote, “She is a woman who still has a lot to live up to. You can’t scare people who have reached that point. Courage and the shadow of her defiance wins in the end.”
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Some social media users also praised this step of the woman. “Brave young Iranian woman teaches Iranian cleric a lesson in humility… A Shia cleric scolded a young Iranian woman for not wearing a hijab at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport… She didn’t think much of it and contacted him Did it, firmly took off his turban, and turned it around,” wrote one user.
“At Mehrabad airport, a young woman stands up against a cleric who is using her turban as a tool to harass and enforce mandatory hijab. With a powerful gesture, she takes off her turban. And wears it herself, challenging both his authority and the oppressive rules of the regime. A single act, yet it speaks volumes,” expressed another.
