Since 1983, the fear of being imprisoned for two months for showing off your hair has been a reality for Iranian women.
Iranian women expose their hair to inspire change [Video]
Since 1983, the fear of being imprisoned for two months for showing off your hair has been a reality for Iranian women.
Iranian women removing their hijab
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It is mandatory to wear a hijab, or head scarf, in public.
While many Western Muslim women choose to wear this garment as an expression of their faith and modesty, Iranian women don't have a choice.
The country's morality police arrested, warned, or fined over three million women last year for breaking this unfair law, but now many are fighting back.
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Iranian journalist, Masih Alinejad has created the Facebook group My Stealthy Freedom, where women are encouraged to share photos of themselves in public without a hijab.
While it may seem like the group is anti-head scarf, that is untrue: they just believe that it should be up to the woman to decide.
Watch Masih's moving video on the subject, see the empowering images and tell us if you agree.
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