Iran: weekly questioning ‘became normal’ and I was threatened often

Iain Taylor  |  World
Date posted:  1 Apr 2023
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Iran: weekly questioning ‘became  normal’ and I was threatened often

Dabrina Bet-Tamraz

Dabrina Bet-Tamraz, a Christian Iranian- Assyrian rights activist, was born in Iran in 1985. In this interview with en’s Iain Taylor she reflects on recent events there and tells her story. She is no longer in Iran.

en: Can you describe your experiences with the Iranian Morality Police?

DB-T: The first time I encountered the Morality Police, I was only seven years old. The police stopped my mum and me on the street and told her that I should be wearing a proper hijab. Despite my mother’s argument that I was only seven, the man insisted that I looked older and would bring other men into temptation if I didn’t wear a scarf.

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