The punishment for not wearing a hijab is largely financial, although there are new systems to report women not complying with hijab rules to the morality police.
US-Iran relations have urged the Biden administration to seek new representation for the Iranian people. One figure is Reza Pahlavi, who offers a blend of historical legitimacy and modern vision.
The sanctions represent Washington's latest efforts to punish Tehran, whose proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and the Gaza Strip have attacked US and Israeli targets.
At the heart of Iran's “Second Phase of the Islamic Revolution” is the intent to give birth to a new form of political and bureaucratic leadership that values ideology over expertise.
The fruit of Tehran’s strategy is evident in the recently announced US plan to pull all its remaining troops from Iraq.
The all-out war Tehran is steadily provoking should be waged only from outside its borders, because the mullahs' defeat should come from within.
The story of the Iranian assets is complex, but involves $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds that were transferred to Qatari banks from South Korea in September.
As she was flogged, Roya Heshmati chanted "in the name of woman, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn..."
In recent months, plainclothes agents have been seen in metro stations in Tehran, enforcing hijab laws.
"The behavior of the Iranian regime poses an unacceptable threat to the UK and our partners," foreign minister David Cameron said in a statement.
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