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Two women in Iran who had yoghurt thrown over them after entering a store with their hair not fully covered have been arrested.

CCTV footage shared widely on social media appears to show a man accosting one of the women, who was not wearing a headscarf, after spotting her from outside.

While the footage has no audio, he appears to become increasingly irate at her responses, prompting a woman queueing in front to turn around and intervene.

Losing his temper, the man picks up what appears to be a tub of yoghurt from a shelf and forcefully tips it over the first woman’s hair.

He then turns to the second woman, who was wearing a headscarf that covered most but not all of her hair, and shakes the rest of the tub’s contents onto her head.

The women – who are understood to be a mother and daughter – were both arrested for failing to properly cover their hair, authorities in the city of Mashhad said this weekend.

An arrest warrant has also been issued against the man for ‘committing an insulting act and disturbing the public order’, officials added.

Iran has been rocked by months of protests demanding an end to compulsory hijab laws following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police in Tehran for wearing her headscarf ‘improperly’.

Security forces have violently cracked down on the demonstrations, with thousands of arrests and four executions of protesters.

Social media continues to be flooded by videos showing women risking arrest by walking around streets, shops and restaurants while unveiled.

Highlighting the widespread unpopularity of the rules, the footage of the yoghurt incident also shows a middle-aged male shop worker angrily reacting by shoving the perpetrator out of the shop.

Iran’s legal authorities said the owner of the store has also been warned to ‘comply with Sharia laws and regulations’.

The country’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, said: ‘If some people say they don’t believe [in the hijab] … it’s good to use persuasion.

‘But the important point is that there is a legal requirement … and the hijab is today a legal matter.’

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