A competition held in Iran's Fars province saw many hijabless women participate. The president of the Athletics Federation had to resign.
The scandal came at a time of heightened tension in Iran, where authorities in recent weeks stepped up measures to ensure all women comply with the strict dress code. In the last two years, Iranian women increasingly began to defy the law that obliges them to wear their heads and the country has been rocked by numerous protests since the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini.