Iran ordered the arrest of two girls after a video exhibiting them being attacked with yoghurt for not sporting hijabs was broadly shared on social media platforms, The Telegraph reported. The incident occurred in Mashad. Within the video, a mom and daughter might be seen at a store counter.

Learn extra: Girls with out hijab to be prosecuted ‘with out mercy’: Iran’s judiciary chief

A person then notices them with out a hijab after which enters the store, confronting them and dumping yoghurt on their heads. Arrest warrants had been issued for the 2 girls for “committing a forbidden act” by eradicating their hijabs, the report stated. An arrest warrant has additionally been issued for the attacker “on prices of committing an insulting act and disturbance of order”, Iran’s judiciary Mizan On-line web site reported.

The assault comes as Iran’s judiciary chief threatened to prosecute girls who flout the nation’s strict guidelines on hijabs “with out mercy”. These “who commit such anomalous acts will likely be punished” and will likely be “prosecuted with out mercy,” Mohseni Ejei stated, with out saying what the punishment can be.

Underneath the nation’s strict gown code, girls should cowl their head and put on unfastened clothes- a rule that has been more and more defied by girls following mass protests over the loss of life of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini within the custody of the morality police.