Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has cancelled his upcoming visit to India over a video containing a scene of Iranian women cutting their hair in anti-government protests as reported by ndtv.com.

The minister was scheduled to arrive in India for the Raisina dialogue to be held on March 3 and 4. The event was organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs.

The video, which upset Tehran, was shot as a promotion for the event and featured a two-second glimpse of Iranian women cutting their hair alongside a picture of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

As per media reports, the Iranian embassy had objected to the President of Iran being featured alongside the protesting women and requested the ORF and MEA to remove the particular scene from the video. However, no conclusion was reached.

Iran has been facing massive protests since last year after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being arrested for what the country’s morality police has cited as ‘inappropriate attire’. She was not wearing the hijab in accordance with the country’s strict dress code for women.

The government has denied any foul play in Amini’s death and has listed medical reasons as the primary cause of her death. The protestors have been demanding a change in the country’s Islamic rules and particularly, the strict dress code for women in public..

The socio-political situation has further gone for a toss with the government enacting a harsh crackdown on the protests, which are being mostly led by the women of Iran. Several Iranian celebrities and people of fame have been jailed for lending their support to the protests.

India has kept mum on the whole issue and refused to participate in a resolution backed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to establish a fact-finding mission into the alleged human rights violations in Iran.