Iranian women are dancing in public without headscarves on in defiance of the country’s modesty laws after a group of teen girls was reportedly detained by security forces and forced to apologize on video for doing the same.
In a video posted on International Women’s Day, five Iranian girls in crop tops and baggy pants with their hair uncovered are seen re-creating a viral TikTok dance to the song “Calm Down” by Rema and Selena Gomez. According to Iran International, the video was posted by their dance instructor on Instagram, and it quickly went viral as a symbol of resistance against the country’s hard-line Islamist regime and its crackdown on protesters.
