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Tag: hijab
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The Revival of Compulsory Hijab
Iran’s quiet reactivation of compulsory hijab mechanisms—morality police, service denial, and informal bill enforcement—deepens state control over women, violates core human rihts rights, and…
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Iranian Women Face Mounting Penalties Over Hijab Resistance
Iranian women are enduring severe repercussions for resisting mandatory hijab laws, extending beyond physical and verbal harassment to include significant financial burdens. The recent…
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Hear Our Voices from Inside the Guidance Patrol Vans!
Since the Saturday that the Islamic Republic had promised, women have been writing. Social networks these days, alongside bitter narratives of violence and the…
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Unveiling the Veil: Women’s Everyday Resistance in Qom, Iran’s Holiest City
A distraught mother cradles her ailing infant in her arms, seated on the unforgiving ground. Her scarf drapes over her shoulder. Suddenly, a mullah…
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“Wake Up, the Sky Is Falling!”: The Unsettling Reversal of Abortion Rights for American Women
We spoke to two American women about Roe vs. Wade. Although they represent a speck of the population, their experiences as women with different…
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Veiled Identity
The number of women arrested, punished, and imprisoned for dress codes shows that the veiling does not correspond to the “Iranian fashion culture” or…
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Tehran Police Chief Suspends Decision to Fire Policemen for the Brutal Arrest of a Young Woman
Two Policemen were supposed to be fired for a recent brutal arrest of a young woman in Tehran. But the decision was suspended a…
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Iran’s Police Arrested 30 Men and Women in a Private Yoga Class
30 yoga practitioners have been arrested in the northern city of Gorgan in Iran. Masoud Soleimani, a local judicial official said these people were…
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“Fighting Against Forced Hijab Doesn’t Have any Borders” – In Conversation with Yasmine Mohammed
Yasmine Mohammed is an Arab-Canadian human rights activist, college instructor and writer. Yasmine was raised in a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim family in Canada. At…
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Iranian Woman MP Legitimizes Protest against Compulsory Hijab
Head of Iranian Parliament’s Women’s Faction reports that their faction has been investigating the protests against compulsory hijab in Iran that started as of…
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Iran Arrests Women Protesting against Discriminatory Laws
Efforts by women’s rights activists to stage demonstrations in front of the Ministry of Labour on International Women’s Day was met with violence on…
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Interview with an Enghelab Street Woman Protesting Compulsory Hijab
The interview you are about to read speaks to Setareh, one of the Women of Enghlab Street, a name dedicated to the women who…