Overview

• The video shows Ali Shamkhani escorting his daughter, Fatemeh, into a hall at Tehran’s Espinas Palace Hotel, where she appears in a strapless, Western-style dress with music, dancing and some unveiled women present.
• The clip circulated widely on X after Alinejad posted it between October 17 and 19, drawing hundreds of thousands of views and a wave of online criticism.
• Commentators accused Iran’s ruling class of hypocrisy given strict hijab enforcement for ordinary citizens under tougher penalties enacted in June 2025.
• Reports differ on when the footage was filmed, with accounts citing April or May 2024, and one outlet describing the ceremony as costing about 1.4 billion tomans.
• Coverage as of October 20 cites no official response from Iranian authorities to the circulating video.