Kashf-e Hijab Decree Issued

Date: January 8, 1936 • Location: Tehran, Iran

Reza Shah issued the Kashf-e hijab decree, ordering Iranian police to remove hijabs from any women in public.

Reza Shah Pahlavi was Shah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi dynasty. Originally an army officer, he became a politician, serving as minister of war and prime minister of Iran, and was elected shah following the deposition of Ahmad Shah, the last monarch of the Qajar dynasty.