TV 鈥榗onfession鈥� of Iranian anti-hijab activist is 鈥榝alse鈥�
A video posted online by a group of Iranian female activists in support of Sepideh Rashno who was arrested for protesting mandatory head-scarf rules has gone viral just days after she appeared on television making a "confession" they allege was made under duress.
Masih Alinejad is a US based Iranian journalist, activist and dissident. She told Newsday: 鈥淪he was tortured to do a false confession, she was forced to come on TV and denounce herself, to denounce me, to denounce anti-compulsory hijab campaign鈥orcing women, forcing girls from the age of seven to cover themselves, it鈥檚 a bad law. It鈥檚 a discriminatory law. For millions of women in Iran, she鈥檚 like a hero鈥e鈥檙e not just fighting against a small piece of cloth.鈥�
(Picture: An Iranian woman shows her phone cover of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she attends a rally in support of wearing headscarves at the Sahhid Shiroudi Stadium in Tehran, on July 11, 2019. Credit: AFP via Getty Images)
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