Narges Hosseini

Narges Hosseini is the second woman of the "Girls of Enghelab Street" who stood without a veil over a bench in Tehran's Enghelab Street and raised her white scarf in protest of the mandatory veiling. This act, which was accompanied by her arrest, was numerously repeated by others.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='20893'> In early December, 2017, Vida Movahedi stood on a platform in Tehran's Enghelab Street, without a veil, and raised her white scarf in protest of forced veiling. The white scarf symbolizes the White Wednesday campaign in protest of the mandatory wearing of hijab in Iran. Vida Movahedi was arrested immediately after doing so. This protest was extensively reflected on social media , but in the first weeks it was unclear what the name of this protesting woman was and what status she had </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20894'> Narges Hosseini came from Kashan to Tehran, went to the same platform as the one Vida Movahedi stood on, and raised her white scarf. In the next few hours, a number of other women in different parts took off their veils and repeated the same thing. Narges Hosseini was arrested and transferred to Qarchak prison in Varamin. Nasrin Sotoudeh assumed her legal representation. In the following days, women and men similarly expressed their protest against forced hijab. </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20896'> Nasrin Sotoudeh told the Center for Human Rights that her client, with full knowledge and awareness of the consequences of her actions and to challenge the women's mandatory veiling, has protested, and despite the unreasonable charges against her, has said to have no regrets about her actions. According to the lawyer, Ms. Hosseini has not been able to secure a 500 million Toman (approximately 100 thousand USD) bail, and she has been charged with three charges of "non-compliance with religious hijab, demonstration of illegitimate act and encouraging moral corruption" </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20895'> The website extended its telephone interview with Narges Hosseini. Ms. Hosseini said in the interview that she is still in Qarchak prison. She had stood about 10 minutes on top of the platform The criminal investigation police officers of Enghelab street police station arrested her. She was charged at Ershad Prosecutor's Office and required to deposit a bail. She was taken to Vozara detention center and from there, was transferred to Qarchak Prison. The judge told her that if she accepts to express regret, her charge would be lighter and her bail would be lower, but she said that she did not regret and said: > I acted against a law that I do not accept". She chose Monday because she wanted to be "separate from Ms. Alinezhad's movement", and Mondays are for her "still Green Mondays . The judge told her that he could increase her bail and give her 10 years of imprisonment. She replied: > I know that you can also sentence 20 years instead of two months." She was previously active in Mousavi's campaign and was fired from her work after the election and the following protests and that her decision was independent. She also said in the interview that "I'm not hoping for another 10 years, but if the situations get fine in 30 years, I will be happy </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='20947'> She was released on 500 million Tomans bail </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21036'> She was tried for charges of "encouraging immorality or prostitution", "non-observance of religious hijab" and "openly committing a harām [sinful] act" in a court presided over by Judge Mousavi. Hier lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was present at the trial. Narges Hosseini told Radio Farda about the court hearing that "there was no debate" about the charge of "encouraging immorality or prostitution" and guesses that she would be acquitted of this charge. She also cited Fatawa of Ayatollah Sistani and other jurisprudents as saying that she did not regard the headscarf as a requirement for a religious hijab, and she believes she had observed the hijab. She also says that the encounters were good in the court. In an explanation of her capture, Ms. Hosseini added that she was arrested by a plain-cloth who had a police personnel card, and didn't accept to wear headscarf on the way to the detention facility </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='21179'> Tehran's prosecutor said one of the Enghelab Street girls was sent to a psychiatric center and the other was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment, 21 months of which is suspended for five years. It seems that Vida Movahedه and Narges Hosseini are the girls he referred to </coverage-outsourcing>