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Actress Afsaneh Bayegan gets 2 years in jail for not wearing hijab in Iran
short by Daisy Mowke / on Thursday, 20 July, 2023
Afsaneh Bayegan, an actress in Iran, has been handed a suspended two-year prison sentence for failing to wear hijab in public, local media reported. The court reportedly also ordered her to make weekly visits to a psychological centre "to treat the mental disorder of having an anti-family personality". The 61-year-old actress appeared at a movie ceremony without wearing a hijab.
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