Overgeneralisations like these are just lazy, and most importantly not helpful. There are a lot of predominantly Muslim regions in the world. Reducing all of them to the Iranian regime is like concluding Christian women all wear string Tangas because that’s what you’ve seen on a beach in Brazil.

I know this is just a troll. Nevertheless: Iran was always known to enforce some level of covering a woman’s hair. There are other Islamic countries that do so, some more strictly then it has been the case in Iran. And there are plenty which don‘t, like Egypt, Turkey or Marocco.

In most muslim-majority secular countries it's more up to tradition than religion. You won't find wearing hijab that common in Albania, Kosovo, Indonesia or many of the central asian stans.

In Turkey or Jordan you will often see hijabs, but most women don't wear it.

Hell, most muslim women in western countries do not wear it.

Thus, I don't know what kind of data backs such comments.

Of course many like wearing it. As a muslim female friend of mine says "it's very convenient when you don't have time/energy to do your hair to just wear an hijab". My female, christian, SO liked wearing the hijab too in muslim countries (even in those were it's not common) because she finds them fashionable.

But I don't think women want to have to wear it and given the choice it seems clear most don't.

they want to wear it because they dont want to get shot or arrested and tortured

Not true, I’ve lived in middle eastern countries where it’s not as draconian and it’s definitely not mostly involuntary.

> as draconian

So its draconian, just not "as draconian".

You’re assuming what culturally specific women want.

perhaps they want to wear because they dont want those slightly better consequences?

Many times it is not "optional" within a family or even in public. Men in those countries often enforce this.