Iran bank manager fired for serving unveiled woman

An Iranian bank manager who served an unveiled woman has been fired, local media reported, as demonstrations triggered by the mandatory head covering rule shake the Islamic republic.

Women in the country are required to cover their heads, necks and hair, a law enforced by the country’s morality police.

The Sept 16 death in morality police custody of Mahsa Amini, 22, for allegedly breaching the dress code rules, sparked nationwide demonstrations which authorities call “riots”.

Mehr news agency reported that the bank manager in Qom province, near the capital Teheran, “had provided bank services on Thursday to an unveiled woman”.

As a result, he was “removed from his position by order of the governor,” Mehr quoted deputy governor Ahmad Hajizadeh as saying yesterday.

Mehr said video of the unveiled woman “elicited a lot of reaction on social media”.