Iranian regime’s giant poster of women in hijabs proves to be PR fiasco

Huge montage in Tehran taken down within 24 hours after protests by those depicted or their relatives

The Iranian authorities suffered a PR fiasco after being forced to take down a giant billboard in a central square in Tehran when women in the poster, or their relatives, objected to being depicted as supporters of the government and the compulsory-wearing of the hijab.

The billboard controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was a montage of about 50 Iranian women wearing the hijab under the slogan Women of my Land". It was taken down within 24 hours after at least three of the women pictured said they objected to their image being misused.