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Military commanders of the Iranian armed forces, government officials and their wives commemorating the abolition of the veil. In 1936, Reza Shah Pahlavi outlawed the veil and the headscarf in Iran. Men were not allowed to wear beards and the Islamic priests were forced to abandon their traditional attire and turbans. His son, Mohammad Reza Shah pahlavi lifted the ban on veils and made it a free choice for women to wear pretty much whatever they wanted. After the revolution of 1979 the "hejab" became compulsory in Iran.
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