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Tag: hijab
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Public demand cited as reason for undercover morality policing
The Tehran police chief says the deployment of undercover morality police has been initiated due to public demand. Hossein Sajedinia said on Wednesday April…
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Air France female workers resist dress code for Tehran flights
A number of Air France female flight attendants and crew have filed a grievance over the dress code regulations for flights to Iran. They…
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Punishing fines proposed for women who defy hijab
The Cultural Commission of the Iranian Parliament has proposed a bill to impose heavy fines on women who remove their headscarf in public or…
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Law to let volunteers enforce morality worries administration
Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa PourMohammadi says the legislation regarding the Islamic tenet of “Enforcing Good Behaviour and Forbidding Bad” is breaking rules about the…
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Dress Code Troubles of Female Diplomats in Iran
By: Naimeh Doostar “Trampling all over diplomatic etiquette”, “complete disregard for hijab laws in Iran” and “ridiculing human and Islamic values” are some of…
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We Won’t Be Silenced: Women’s Demands in Three Episodes
by: Parvaneh Vahidmanesh What does March 8 mean for Iranian women? What is their share of the decades of struggle by women’s rights activists…
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Council rejects bill of support for volunteer hijab patrols
The Guardian Council has once again rejected a bill to support volunteer hijab enforcers, saying it contravenes the constitution and needs to be reviewed…
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Subversive Facebook page wins women’s rights prize
The Geneva Summit for Democracy and Human Rights announced on Monday that Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad, creator of the My Stealthy Freedom Facebook page,…
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Women’s affairs chief promotes “positive reinforcement” of hijab
Shahindokht Molaverdi The head of Women and Family Affairs says she addressed a number of controversial issues regarding women during her trip to Isfahan…