hijab

Tehran attacks 'anti-Iranian' move to award jailed activist Nobel Peace Prize

Mohammedi, a campaigner for women's rights and against the death penalty, is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence

By REUTERS
06/10/2023

Iran rights group says mother of hospitalized teenage girl arrested

Iranian authorities also deny reports by rights activists that the 16-year-old girl, Armita Geravand, was injured on Sunday in a confrontation with officers enforcing the country's Islamic dress code

By REUTERS
05/10/2023

Iranian girl critical in hospital after alleged encounter over hijab - activists

Reports that Armita Geravand, 16, is in a coma after a confrontation with the theocracy's morality police • Government says it was just low blood pressure • German FM: It is unbearable

By REUTERS
04/10/2023

'The price of freedom': IDF publishes Farsi video honoring Mahsa Amini

The video shows a montage of clips of Iranian anti-regime protests, graffiti messages sprayed on the wall, trees set on fire, and people being dragged in vehicles.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."

Mahsa Amini's murder anniversary: Jewish singer to release song

Iraqis in Pajamas will be releasing '#MahsaAmini on September 16, the anniversary of Amini's murder by Iranian police for wearing trousers.

Iran arrests pop star for calling on women to not wear hijab

Iranian authorities have intensified their crackdown on many citizens ahead of the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini.

29/08/2023

French ban of Muslim abaya robes in schools draws applause, criticism

France has enforced a strict ban on religious symbols in state schools since 19th-century laws removed any traditional Catholic influence from public education.

By REUTERS
28/08/2023

NGO calls for blacklist of Bosch after it sells 8,000 spy cameras to Iran

Reports claim Bosch sold Iran 8,000 cameras to Iran that are used to spy on women to make sure they comply with the hijab law.

Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship

The 26-year-old has told Reuters she had no regrets over her gesture in support of the protest movement against her country's clerical leadership.

By REUTERS
26/07/2023
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