Hijab
'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump
The demonstrations, which began in Tehran last month, have spread to all of Iran's 31 provinces but have yet to reach the scale of the 2022-3 unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.
Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools
Austrian government presses ahead with planned headscarf ban in schools
'A woman is like a flower': Khamenei defends Iran’s treatment of women as critics cite Mahsa Amini
Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown
Videos from Iran showed women struggling as "Morality Police" officers tried to shove them into vans in widespread arrests.
New York City to pay $17.5 million for forcing women to remove hijabs for mug shots
The preliminary class action settlement covers men and women required to remove religious attire before being photographed.
French principal receives death threats for telling student to remove hijab
Meanwhile, several schools in Paris closed their gates Wednesday after receiving bomb threats allegedly from Islamists.
Majority of Iranians want secular government, leaked study shows
Numbers show that 73% of Iranians want a separation between state and religion.
Iranian women are 'not afraid' to shed hijab on streets of Tehran report shows
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.
World Hijab Day: Unwrapping the debate over head covering
While some countries enforce the mandatory wearing of traditional headwear, several European countries have banned it or are considering banning it in certain public areas.
Iranian journalists released face new legal case for flouting hijab
Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammad were released on Sunday temporarily after paying bail.
Kurdish-Iranian woman whipped 74 times for not wearing hijab
As she was flogged, Roya Heshmati chanted "in the name of woman, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn..."
Hijab enforcers search bags and phones in Tehran metro - report
In recent months, plainclothes agents have been seen in metro stations in Tehran, enforcing hijab laws.
Iranian doctor fired from university for not wearing hijab
"The roaring river finds its way, even if it has to pass through hard and impenetrable rocks," wrote the doctor after she was fired.
