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To those who claimed that no woman in Iran has ever been flogged for refusing to wear the hijab: LOOK AT HER BACK. This woman is one of the brave members of my #WhiteWednesdays campaign against compulsory hijab. She sent me this photo of her scarred back after being punished with 74 lashes for the “crime” of showing her hair. Holding a Woman, Life, Freedom slogan, she refused to be silenced. Here is her testimony: “The morality police arrested me for resisting their van. My ‘crime’ was unveiling. After months of court hearings, I was sentenced to 74 lashes. The cleric overseeing the punishment stood there to ensure it was carried out. I won’t give up my fight against this brutal regime, but we are fed up with living as prisoners in our own homeland.” Seventy-four lashes. For showing her hair. In the 21st century. This is barbarism. And you tell me, how is this different from ISIS?