10.07.2024 13:40
It is claimed that the Iranian police warned the employees of Turkish Airlines' office in Tehran for not complying with the "headscarf rules" and after the Iranian employees resisted the police, the office was closed. Turkish Airlines has not made any comments regarding the issue yet.
The closure of Turkish Airlines' office in the capital of Iran, Tehran, has been claimed.
According to Iranian media, female employees at the Turkish Airlines office refused to wear mandatory headscarves. The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported that police officers went to the Turkish Airlines office and issued the first warning to company employees for not complying with the "headscarf rules".
NO RESPONSE YET FROM TURKISH AIRLINES
It was stated that Iranian employees caused difficulties for the police and this led to the closure of the office. According to Tasnim's report, the police sealed the office due to the behavior of the employees. Turkish Airlines has not yet made a comment on the incident in Tehran.
INDIVIDUAL PROTESTS CONTINUE
Meanwhile, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after being arrested by the morality police in September 2022 led to mass protests across Iran. Although these protests seem to have largely subsided, the choice of some Iranian women to remain unveiled poses a new challenge to the country's theocracy.
HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES ALLOWING EMPLOYEES NOT TO WEAR HEADSCARVES HAVE BEEN CLOSED
Iranian authorities have closed hundreds of businesses that allow female employees not to wear headscarves. This practice intensified until the Iranian presidential elections held in June. This situation continued in the elections where the person to replace former President Ibrahim Raisi, who died, was determined.
The incident at Turkish Airlines' Tehran office took place on the day when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan congratulated Iran's newly elected President Mesut Pezeshkian on his election victory. Pezeshkian defeated hardliner Saeed Jalili with a promise to relax the country's mandatory headscarf law and improve relations with the West.