Sepideh Roshno Announced: Two Terms of Study Suspension by Disciplinary Committee

Sepideh Roshno, a writer and editor protesting against mandatory hijab, announced on her Instagram page that she has been banned from studying for two terms. Roshno is a writer and editor who was imprisoned for a time last July during a confrontation with a 'morality enforcer' on a bus, and was later sentenced by the court to five years of suspended imprisonment. In parts of her text, Roshno referred to the ruling of the disciplinary committee, stating: 'They gave me two blank pages in the disciplinary committee and told me to write my defense. I wrote, 'As a citizen, I have the right to choose what I wear.' She mentioned that she has been 'banned from entering' since Farvardin (the first month of the Persian calendar) until the ruling of the disciplinary committee is communicated to her, and that she has currently received this ruling (two terms of study suspension) verbally. Roshno, who went to the disciplinary committee without the mandatory hijab, wrote: 'I told them that I will return after two terms of suspension, but with the same attire, and they have also issued me a warning of prohibition of entry.' Born in 1994, Roshno is a writer and editor who was arrested in July 2022 following her protest against the mandatory hijab and her resistance against the interventions of a 'morality enforcer' named 'Raheh Rabiei' regarding her clothing. Roshno is a student at Alzahra University, which is one of the single-gender - female - universities in the Islamic Republic. Her first message after temporary release on her brother's suspicious account was: 'I am getting better.' The first court session for Sepideh Roshno was held with several charges; according to reports, she was sentenced to five years of suspended imprisonment and to write a research paper on literature and patriotism. Sepideh Roshno was temporarily released.