Belgium's foreign minister Hadja Lahbib and two other lawmakers cut their hair in parliament, in solidarity with anti-government demonstrations in Iran triggered by the custodial death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. The act of cutting hair was to show support to the Iranian women who are currently battling with the situation in the Hijab protest. During a debate on foreign affairs in the Belgian parliament on Thursday evening, Darya Safai, a politician from the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party, asked the government to respond to the crackdown on the protests in Iran.
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Iran-born Safai, who was wearing a Traditional costume, cut her hair in support of Iranian protesters and woman’s rights activists. Following her example, Belgium’s foreign minister Hadja Lahbib took her scissors and cut her hair too, Goedele Liekens who is a politician also did the same act to show her support for Iran. Lahbib, born in Belgium of Algerian parents, told parliament that her government would ask the European Union to impose sanctions against architects of the crackdown when the bloc’s foreign ministers meet later this month.
Iran’s clerical rulers have been battling to contain the most widespread unrest in years since Mahsa Amini’s death, and protests have spread to many major cities abroad containing London, Paris, Rome, and Madrid. On Wednesday, a Swedish member of the European Parliament, Abir Al-Sahlani, cut off part of her hair during a speech at the EU assembly. People around the world are coming forward to show their support for Iranian women and the same was seen in India as well where women across the country are chopping their hair to contribute to the protest.
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