Source: RadioFarda (RFE/RL) An Iranian academic group says dozens of female students have been forced to participate in “mandatory counselling sessions” for failing to “properly” observe the country’s mandatory hijab law. …
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Source: Iran International Iran’s Food and Drug Administration has ordered pharmacies across the country to force their female staff to wear black veils at the workplace. In a new directive, …
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Source: Iran International Iran’s deputy education minister says the serial poisoning of female students in the religious city of Qom and other cities have been “intentional”. Younes Panahi said on …
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Source: AlArabiya News Iran’s judiciary is prosecuting a woman for “disrespecting” the hijab after she threw her headscarf to the ground during a public meeting, an Iranian news agency …
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Video of Zeynab Kazempour removing her headscarf on Friday during the annual assembly of the Tehran Engineer’s Association went viral. Protesting the board of directors’ refusal to accept her candidacy …
Video of woman tearing off her headscarf at Tehran engineers’ event goes viral Read More
Source: Iran International Fatemeh Sepehri, an activist opposed to the Islamic Republic, has warned the authorities that she and millions of other people are fed up with their oppressive actions …
Iranian Female Activist Says People Fed Up With 44 Years Of Oppression Read More
Source: Iran International By Maryam Sinaee Around 200 students and at least one teacher in 12 different girls’ schools have reported symptoms such as nausea, headaches, coughing, difficulty breathing, heart palpitations, …
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Source: AlArabiya An Iranian police officer has been reprimanded after he did not enforce the country’s dress code requiring women to cover their hair, local media reported Monday. A video …
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Mina Yaqoubi, a 33-year-old bodybuilding trainer from the city of Arak, said in a video Monday that “I was tortured and interrogated 12 hours a day, and now I have been …
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Source: BBC News By Razia Iqbal When one of the world’s most promising chess players, 25-year-old Sara Khadem, decided to play at an international tournament without her headscarf, in solidarity …
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