Shops that serve unveiled women could be shut under draft law UN human rights body says suppresses women into ‘total submission’Women in Iran face up to 10 years in prison if they continue to defy the country’s mandatory hijab law, under harsher laws awaiting approval by authorities. Elnaz*, an Iranian journalist, said: “With the new law, the government is telling us women that we will go to prison for up to 10 years if we don’t wear a hijab. According to Kurdish residents of Amini’s home town, Saqqez, security forces have set up more checkpoints to detain women flouting the dress code and also those preparing to protest on the anniversary of her death