Maryam Shariatmadari, “Daughter of Revolution Street,” Reports Possibility of Deportation from Turkey
Maryam Shariatmadari, one of the “daughters of Revolution Street” whose protests against mandatory hijab in winter 2017 drew widespread attention, reported her arrest in the Turkish city of Denizli and the possibility of deportation to Iran.
Ms. Shariatmadari said Monday evening through an Instagram live broadcast that Turkish police arrested her and several others “without reason” in order to “victimize and deport them.”
Turkish police have previously repeatedly deported Iranian refugees to Iran, raising serious concerns about the security of these refugees.
Maryam Shariatmadari emphasized in this video that her name is registered with the Turkish immigration office, but Turkish officials completely ignore this fact and “do not check the system.”
Iran’s judicial system sentenced Maryam Shariatmadari to one year in prison on the charge of “inciting corruption through removing the hijab.” Ms. Shariatmadari removed her headscarf in March 2017 while standing on a platform on Revolution Street. This symbolic action was met with a harsh response from an Iranian police officer who threw her off the platform. Maryam Shariatmadari was held in temporary detention and subsequently left Iran.
The protest movement of the daughters of Revolution Street began in December 2016. It is said that the first woman to climb the platform and hold her white headscarf like a flag on a stick was Vida Movahed, a movement that was later continued by Narges Hosseini, Azam Jangrooy, Shaparak Shajarizada, and others.
