The Iranian Government wants to approve urgently and without debate in Parliament a new veil law. The rule seeks to punish even with jail sentences up to five years for women who do not wear the Islamic garment. some strong restrictions to curb the protest movement of women against the hijab as a result of the death of Mahsa Amini.

The Iranian Parliament approved this Sunday to refer the “Draft of Culture Support Law of Chastity and Hijab” to a judicial and cultural commission with 175 votes in favor, 49 against and 5 abstentions from the total of 238 deputies present, reported the website of the Icana chamber. Thus, the Executive avoids presenting the law before the 290 parliamentarians and the public debate that this entails, in addition to reviewing the numerous amendments that have been presented, months after the parliamentary elections of March.

The project will be studied and voted by a judicial commission and cultural behind closed doors that has the capacity to approve the project “on a trial basis” for a period of time between three and five years, something that the Constitution of the country allows in its article 85.

The bill, which has 70 articlesestablishes punishments such as fines, jail sentences of up to five years, the confiscation of automobiles and the prohibition to drive, in addition to deductions from salary, labor benefits or the Ban on accessing banking services.

The president of the judicial commission of Parliament, which will study the law, Mousa Ghazanfaribadi, affirmed today that “if every day there are sins related to chastity and the hijab is due to the delay in the approval of this law”. Another of the promoters of the law, the conservative Hossein Ali Haji Deligani, argued that it is necessary to approve the text in this way because “we see that the situation has no limits, It is getting worse. We have to prevent a movement against hijab.”

However, parliamentarians such as Gholamreza Nouri Qezeljeh expressed their rejection of the legislative project, considering that it focuses too much on “punishing” the lack of use of the veil, which carries “dangers”.