Girls of Revolution Street

Culture of origin: Iranian · Historical

Holiday sources: Iran

On Enghelab (Revolution) Street in Tehran, Vida Movahed tied her white headscarf to a stick and waved it like a flag; she was arrested that day and released on bail a month later. Other women re-enacted her protest and shared photos online, becoming known as the Girls of Revolution Street. Before 1979 the hijab was not compulsory; afterwards the regime imposed it step by step, on all women from 1983. The protests intensified in 2022 after the death of Mahsa Amini.