Tehran: Iran has closed one of the offices of e-commerce giant Digikala after it posted photographs of female employees without headscarves.
Digikala, known informally as the Amazon of Iran, apparently broke the rules by posting a series of photos of a company gathering at which several female employees were not wearing headscarves.
According to the Iranian judiciary website— Hamshahri, the lawsuits have been filed related to the photos. The judiciary did not go into further details.
The Tehran office of Digikala, one of Iran’s largest online retailers, has been shuttered after it published photos showing women staff with their hair uncovered
The above move is the latest development as part of a new campaign announced by officials to force women to wear headscarves.
On July 16, the morality police were back on the streets after it disappeared following a wave of widespread protests in the country over the death of the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
In September 2022, nationwide protests erupted in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, while in custody by the morality police.
The protests, in which women played a leading role, quickly escalated into calls for the overthrow of the regime that took power after the 1979 protests.