Swiss Shocker: Envoy dons head-to-toe ‘chador’ & hijab during visit to shrine in Iran as women bleed for freedom
Swiss Shocker: Envoy dons head-to-toe ‘chador’ & hijab during visit to shrine in Iran as women bleed for freedom
Qom: A Swiss envoy who was on a visit to Iran has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons for cladding herself with a long black veil in a country that has been fighting to reject the regime’s compulsory hijab mandate.
Pictures of the Swiss Envoy Nadine Olivieri Lozano have gone viral on social media with many condemning her move to wear a black veil that covered her head and whole body during her visit to the Iranian city of Qom.
In the photos, Lozano can also be seen posing with several Iranian clerics at a shrine in Qom and receiving a gift and a religious book from the shrine’s caretaker.
According to Iran International, Lozano’s trip to Iran was marked by her interest in Islamic culture. In the country, she travelled to Qom, a city 120 km south of Tehran.
Protestors outraged by envoy’s choice of attire
Lozano’s decision to don a veil was not well received by many Iranians who have been fighting a long war to deny Iran’s hijab mandate after a 22-year-old woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody for not wearing the hijab “properly.”
Iranian journalist, Masih Alinejad, said, “While teenagers & women are getting beaten, jailed & killed for saying NO to forced hijab, NO to gender apartheid regime, Swiss ambassador in Iran obeyed forced hijab. Shameful & betrayal to Iranian women. Switzerland must respond why they took side with our killers.”
While teenagers & women are getting beaten, jailed & killed for saying NO to forced hijab, NO to gender apartheid regime, Swiss ambassador in Iran obeyed forced hijab. Shameful & betrayal to Iranian women.
Switzerland must respond why they took side with our killers.#MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/w4BkQGKkqt— Masih Alinejad
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