Strapless Dress, Bare Head: Iran's Pro-Hijab Leader Under Fire After Daughter's Wedding Video Goes Viral | Read
Iran's hardline Islamic regime, led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is embroiled in a type of scandal seldom seen in the Islamic Republic. The controversy surrounds the wedding of Khamenei's close aide's daughter, where the bride was seen wearing a strapless wedding gown, with critics accusing the regime of hypocrisy over its draconian hijab diktat.
The video in question is from the 2024 wedding of Ali Shamkhani's daughter. Shamkhani is one of Iran's most senior defence and national security officials and a confidant of Khamenei, who has advocated for the enforcement of strict Islamic rules on women and girls and ordered violent crackdowns on protesters.
