Hijab
Iran sentences singer Parastoo Ahmadi, eight others to lashings over performance without hijab
The artists will also face a two-year travel ban and a two-year restriction on all artistic activity after the Iranian judiciary found the nine artists had offended “public decency."
UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan
What is Basij? The Islamic Republic's 'iron fist' to suppress protesters - explainer
'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump
Iran says there were no school poisonings, blames foreign 'enemies'
The wave of suspected attacks has affected thousands of schoolgirls and provoked public anger.
Iran shutters hundreds of business in hijab crackdown
After months of protests, Iranian police announced that they were amending how they enforce hijab regulations.
Iranian girls arrested for dancing without hijabs on TikTok
In Iran, it is forbidden for women to dance in public, and they have to wear hijabs in public.
Iran's judiciary says women will be punished for violating Islamic dress code
The September 16 death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini while in police custody for flouting the dress code triggered nationwide protests.
World Hijab Day Observed in the Post-Mahsa Amini Era
Women are divided on whether to modernize and normalize the hijab or oppose its use
The US should back Iran's protesters seeking regime change
It is time for America to treat the threat of Iran as a first-tier problem, which means we need a different regime in Tehran in the long run.
Iran sentences woman to 10 years for removing hijab, calls it prostitution
The Tehran court found her guilty of “encouraging corruption and prostitution” for her rejection of the obligatory Islamic dress code.
'Step by step, the regime will lose control’: An interview with an Iranian revolutionary
BEHIND THE LINES: Kawthar Fatahi, 33, a former teacher from in Iran’s Western Azerbaijan Province, is now a leading activist and organizer for the Iranian Kurdish Komala Party.
Iran reviewing mandatory hijab law - report
The women of Iran have been legally required to adhere to Muslim modesty laws, loose clothing and covered hair, since 1981, two years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
'Women, life, freedom:' Defying Taliban, Afghan women remove burkas
The women, who were wearing headscarves, were being blocked from entering Badakhshan University for not wearing burkas.
