But since April 14, law enforcement and plainclothes ... The new crackdown on women for not adhering to the hijab, or Islamic head scarf, intensified after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah ...
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday condemned reports from Iran ... law that calls for tougher punishments for violation of the mandatory hijab law ...
Meanwhile, media who question attacks are charged with 'disrupting the psychological security of society', and Islamic ...
Hijab-wearing is now more strictly enforced ... at a vulnerable moment for the clerical rulers. Under Iran’s sharia, or Islamic law, women are obliged to cover their hair and wear long, loose ...
Videos posted to social media show police detaining women after a nationwide campaign to enforce mandatory hijab in Iran. (Video: FattahiFarzad (left), Vahid Online (center), Mamlekate (right ...
Then, in the fall of 2022, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Amini was detained by Iran’s morality police for allegedly ...
The report further claims that the decision to punish Hosseini is thought to be in violation of 'existing regulations', given that there is no specific law against ... a hijab. In Iran's heavy ...
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been handed a death sentence by an Iranian court for his involvement in supporting ...
Iran's Israel Strike Coincided With Crackdown ... campaign targets businesses and individuals who defy the hijab law, aiming to respond to demands from devout citizens who are angry about the ...
The same day Iran launched its first ever direct attack ... campaign targets businesses and individuals who defy the hijab law, aiming to respond to demands from devout citizens who are angry ...
On Thursday the judiciary's media department confirmed Salehi's death sentence based on charges of "corruption on earth", adding that the verdict entitled the defendant to a sentence reduction due to ...
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