Iran's women want a revolution, and this time the protest is driven by a globally connected movement
2 years, 4 months ago

Iran's women want a revolution, and this time the protest is driven by a globally connected movement

ABC  

For two months, Iranian women have been marching in the streets, burning their hijabs and cutting off their hair in mass protests against the Islamic Republic. "This is the second time in the history of the Islamic Republic that women have taken the initiative in their hands, and started the protest movement," she told the ABC. The ruling Pahlavi dynasty determined Shiite revolutionaries had started the fire, while anti-Pahlavi protesters blamed SAVAK, Iran's secret police, for orchestrating a "false flag" attack to justify cracking down on dissent. "This is totally different from previous protests that we have been witnessing, because this time it's against gender apartheid regime and Iranian made up their mind to end Islamic Republic." "In the 60 years that I have followed the women's movement in Iran, I don't think they ever got such support internationally," Dr Esfandiari said.

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Iran police disperse pro-hijab protest amid security concerns
4 days, 20 hours ago

Iran police disperse pro-hijab protest amid security concerns

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – In a first, Iranian authorities have dispersed a demonstration calling for stricter implementation of the country’s dress code rules. Controversy over hijab bill Faced with increasing hijab-related “crimes”, especially in Tehran, where many women go out without a headscarf, Iranian authorities have been trying to implement new legislation that would boost their authority to crack down on …

Iran’s brutal oppression of women has entered a dark new phase
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran’s brutal oppression of women has entered a dark new phase

The Independent  

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has dealt a devastating blow to the Islamic Republic of Iran. There has also been talk of an oppressive and draconian law – the “hijab and chastity” law – introducing harsher punishments for women who expose their hair, forearms or lower legs; even executions. On 12 November, Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head …

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women
3 months, 2 weeks ago

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women

Firstpost  

Iran is using psychiatry to curb dissent by sending women who refuse to wear the Islamic headscarf to ‘hijab removal treatment clinics’. It is a historical tactic to use mental illness to ‘treat’ women who challenge the system Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. File Photo/Reuters …

Women face the DEATH PENALTY for sending a photo of themselves without a veil under Iran's new morality laws
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Women face the DEATH PENALTY for sending a photo of themselves without a veil under Iran's new morality laws

Daily Mail  

Women in Iran could now face the death penalty or years behind bars if they break new morality laws. Women in Iran could now face the death penalty or years behind bars if they break new morality laws The 2022 protests in Iran which shows an unveiled woman standing atop a car. Amnesty International has slammed the new laws claiming …

How Iran's new chastity law makes life even more difficult for women
3 months, 4 weeks ago

How Iran's new chastity law makes life even more difficult for women

Firstpost  

Iran’s new hijab and chastity law has spurred much outrage from women, criticism from activists and opposition from its reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran’s Parliament passed the “Hijab and Chastity” Bill to much outrage from women and criticism from activists. As per Iran Primer, women have to get a judge’s order for a divorce, while a man can simply declare …

Fascinating pictures of Iran in the 1970s show how sex and fashion thrived before the Islamic revolution - amid mounting outrage over arrest of woman who stripped in hijab protest
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fascinating pictures of Iran in the 1970s show how sex and fashion thrived before the Islamic revolution - amid mounting outrage over arrest of woman who stripped in hijab protest

Daily Mail  

When a young Iranian woman was arrested last week after she stripped down to her underwear in protest of the country's strict hijab laws, people around the world praised her for her courageous act. These pictures of women reveal just how much life, fashion and freedom has changed in Iran since the Islamic Revolution took place in 1979 A holiday …

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators describe as “expanded repressive …

Anita Anand | Can election of a reformist leader lead to winds of change in Iran?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Anita Anand | Can election of a reformist leader lead to winds of change in Iran?

Deccan Chronicle  

In Iran’s just-concluded presidential election runoff, the two final candidates were the moderate Masoud Pezeshkian and the ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili. While media coverage outside Iran has focused more on sanctions which affected the economy and Iran’s nuclear programme during the campaigns, women too put their demands forward. Since then, Iranian feminists and women’s rights activists have been organising and are …

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change
9 months ago

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, June 28, Iranians went to the polls to elect a new president after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May. Iran’s penal code which went into effect after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and criminalised the appearance of women in public spaces without a “sharia hijab”. She said she represented the young generation and …

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls
9 months, 1 week ago

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls

The Hindu  

Almost every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. Iran’s national police chief, Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, has alleged without providing evidence that the country’s enemies plan to transform the nation’s culture by encouraging women to avoid …

As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown
9 months, 1 week ago

As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. Iran’s national police chief, Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, has alleged without providing evidence that the country’s enemies plan to transform the nation’s culture …

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code
10 months ago

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code

NPR  

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code LEILA FADEL, HOST: Last month, Iran launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country's strict Islamic dress code. PETER KENYON, BYLINE: The nationwide protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the morality police may have died …

Iran's hardliners employ female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation in new crackdown
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Iran's hardliners employ female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation in new crackdown

Daily Mail  

Iran's hardliners have employed female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation amid a new crackdown. Footage shows an Iranian 'hijab enforcer' confronting women for wearing fitted trousers Iran's morality police have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week, with footage emerging from the …

Iran's violent new hijab crackdown is caught on camera with women bundled into vans by 'morality police' and victims claiming they have been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Iran's violent new hijab crackdown is caught on camera with women bundled into vans by 'morality police' and victims claiming they have been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted

Daily Mail  

Iran's so-called 'morality police' have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week. Iran 's morality police have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week, with footage emerging from the country of officers rounding up women and bundling them into white vans Suspected …

Women in Iran: UN report says repression of protesters and discrimination against women amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’
1 year ago

Women in Iran: UN report says repression of protesters and discrimination against women amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’

CNN  

CNN — Iran’s “repression of peaceful protests” and “institutional discrimination against women and girls” has led to human rights violations, some of which amount to “crimes against humanity,” according to a United Nations’ report. The report said these violations came about in the context of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa …

Iran subjecting women to ‘draconian’ surveillance on hijab rule, says Amnesty
1 year ago

Iran subjecting women to ‘draconian’ surveillance on hijab rule, says Amnesty

The Hindu  

Iranian authorities are subjecting women to widespread surveillance to enforce the obligatory headscarf, even inside cars, and then imposing punishments including the confiscation of vehicles, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Amnesty said in a report, based on testimony from over 40 women inside Iran published ahead of the March 8 International Women’s Day, that women were being …

What to read by and about Iranian women
1 year, 5 months ago

What to read by and about Iranian women

Hindustan Times  

LAST YEAR the rage of Iranian women boiled over. In September the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by Iran’s morality police for wearing her hijab incorrectly, provoked massive protests by both women and men. Oneworld Publications; 272 pages; $30 and £20 After a summer of unrest in 1999, the regime frequently made use of “white torture”, …

Iran's parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after death anniversary of Mahsa Amini
1 year, 6 months ago

Iran's parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after death anniversary of Mahsa Amini

The Hindu  

Iran's parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them. The move came just days after the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the morality police for violating the country's dress code. The demonstrations …

Iran's parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary
1 year, 6 months ago

Iran's parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Iran's parliament on Wednesday approved …

Iran’s parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary
1 year, 6 months ago

Iran’s parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them. The move came just days after the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the morality police for violating …

Iran’s parliament approves ‘hijab bill’; harsh punishments for violations
1 year, 6 months ago

Iran’s parliament approves ‘hijab bill’; harsh punishments for violations

Al Jazeera  

The bill defines an array of punishments for violators of a mandatory dress code, including fines and prison terms. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s parliament has passed a new “hijab and chastity” bill that lays out punishment for people, especially women, who violate the country’s mandatory dress code rules. The legislation defines new frameworks for how Iranians, especially women, need to …

Secret interviews with Iran's hidden resistance
1 year, 7 months ago

Secret interviews with Iran's hidden resistance

ABC  

Yasi is in a secret location somewhere in Iran. Amir is spending a lot more time inside these days, but he has a message for the world: "To friends within Iran and outside of Iran who think these protests have ended," he says. "Let's go ahead," one young protester, "Yasi", told Foreign Correspondent. For Yasi, Mahsa Amini's death was like …

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests; Now businesses are a new battleground
1 year, 7 months ago

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests; Now businesses are a new battleground

The Hindu  

For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. “Instead of addressing people’s legitimate grievances, the regime continues to obsess over the hijab and act as if its very survival depends on whether women dress modestly,” said …

A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground
1 year, 7 months ago

A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. “Instead of addressing people’s legitimate grievances, the regime continues to obsess over the hijab and act as if its very survival depends on whether women …

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground
1 year, 7 months ago

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Instead of addressing people’s legitimate grievances, the regime continues to obsess over …

Businesses are a new battleground in Iran’s crackdown on women without headscarves
1 year, 7 months ago

Businesses are a new battleground in Iran’s crackdown on women without headscarves

LA Times  

Women without headscarves are a common sight on the streets of Tehran despite the theocratic regime’s disapproval. For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair, but now the country’s theocratic government is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. “Instead of addressing people’s legitimate grievances, the regime continues to …

Iran announces fresh campaign reintroducing moral police to force women to wear hijab
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran announces fresh campaign reintroducing moral police to force women to wear hijab

Op India  

On 16th July, the Iranian government reintroduced mandatory hijab for women with moral police back on the streets. According to Iran International, thousands of people were there at the protest after the moral police whisked away three women. Images and reports on social media indicate that a large crowd of people held a protest gathering outside the city hall of …

Iran's morality police back on streets months after anti-hijab protests
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran's morality police back on streets months after anti-hijab protests

India Today  

Iran's morality police were back on the streets of various cities, including the capital Tehran, across the country, to enforce the mandatory hijab rules. Morality police personnel patrol the streets of the cities in Iran and enforce the strict dress code for women, including the hijab and other clothing, which are not revealing. IRAN'S DREADED MORALITY POLICE The morality police …

Iran: Moral Police return to streets, with renewed campaign imposing Hijab
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran: Moral Police return to streets, with renewed campaign imposing Hijab

Live Mint  

Iran's infamous moral police have returned to the streets ‘policing’ women and their attire, despite mass protests that rocked the nations threatening their government, after the death of Mahsa Amini. The Moral Police with the backing of the Iranian authorities were seen abck on streets, 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. The …

Iran’s morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran’s morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. The morality police had largely pulled back following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September, as authorities …

Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Iran has relaunched patrols by the so-called morality police as authorities escalate their efforts to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab rules. The morality police would “issue warnings and then introduce to the judicial system people who unfortunately insist on their norm-breaking behaviour without concern for the consequences of their covering that is outside of the norm”, he …

Iran's morality police return to streets to enforce hijab rules, 10 months after Mahsa Amini's death
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran's morality police return to streets to enforce hijab rules, 10 months after Mahsa Amini's death

ABC  

Iranian authorities have announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf, with morality police returning to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. Key points: The morality police had pulled back after mass protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini last September The protests largely …

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back
1 year, 10 months ago

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Billboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. In early April, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared that “removing hijab is not Islamically or politically permissible.” Khamenei claimed women refusing to wear the hijab are being manipulated. If they know about this, they will definitely not take part …

Iran charges two actresses for not wearing hijab
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran charges two actresses for not wearing hijab

Al Jazeera  

Businesses also shut down after offering services to women not wearing headscarves deemed appropriate by government, as crackdown continues. Tehran, Iran – Two renowned actresses in Iran have been charged for not wearing headscarves, as authorities intensify efforts to crack down on people violating the country’s mandatory hijab laws. A growing number of women across Iran have abandoned their mandatory …

Iran pledges to take strict action against people who promote removing the veil
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran pledges to take strict action against people who promote removing the veil

India Today  

People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran's deputy attorney general was quoted as saying on Saturday. Iranian police on Saturday installed cameras in public places to identify and penalise unveiled women, Iranian media reported. "The crime of promoting unveiling will be dealt …

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests
2 years ago

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday …

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests
2 years ago

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

Associated Press  

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday urged the world to back the protests in her native Iran calling for women’s rights and political change, saying despots fear nothing “more than a free and politically active woman.” Speaking on the sidelines of the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Boniadi told The Associated Press that she …

‘They still want a regime change.’ Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh says the anger behind Iran’s protests remains
2 years, 1 month ago

‘They still want a regime change.’ Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh says the anger behind Iran’s protests remains

CNN  

CNN — A prominent Iranian human rights lawyer has told CNN that while a brutal state crackdown has succeeded in quieting the demonstrations that gripped the country for months, many Iranians still want regime change. In an exclusive interview Wednesday from her home in Tehran, Nasrin Sotoudeh told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour that, “the protests have somewhat died …

Iran protesters told they are ‘bringing down the patriarchy’
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran protesters told they are ‘bringing down the patriarchy’

The Independent  

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Iran's regime is cracking under protests, but a challenge remains to ensure the revolution isn't 'hijacked'
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran's regime is cracking under protests, but a challenge remains to ensure the revolution isn't 'hijacked'

ABC  

Iran's youth are no strangers to operating underground. "I've been in the diaspora for 35 years … I have never, ever seen the Iranian community at large, whether inside or outside Iran, as dedicated as organised as mobilised in trying," he says. It's unclear how much support these individuals have inside Iran, but NUFDI's Cameron Khansarinia says he would classify …

Iran tightens grip on hijab rules, tells women to wear headscarf even in cars
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran tightens grip on hijab rules, tells women to wear headscarf even in cars

Live Mint  

Even as protests refuse to die down in Iran, concerning the stringent rule of wearing hijab for women, the Iranian police has said that women must cover their heads even in their cars, media reported Monday. Since 16 September, massive protests have gripped the nation after the death of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach …

Iran issues warning on mandatory headscarf in cars amid anti-hijab protests: Media
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran issues warning on mandatory headscarf in cars amid anti-hijab protests: Media

New Indian Express  

Protests have gripped Iran since the September 16 death of Iranian-Kurdish Amini, 22, after her arrest in Tehran for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women. Fars news agency quoted a senior police officer who said the "new stage" of the Nazer-1 programme -- "surveillance" in Persian -- was being rolled out "across the country …

Iran & Women’s rights: How Gen Z is using social media to challenge patriarchal laws
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran & Women’s rights: How Gen Z is using social media to challenge patriarchal laws

India TV News  

Iran has been going through a surgical phase in terms of women’s rights as the country witnessed unprecedented agitation against patriarchal hijab laws. But what makes this movement different is how young women are tapping into social media to elevate their own agency and challenge the country’s patriarchal laws. Although the constitutional revolution aimed to establish legal and social reforms …

Iran at political crossroads
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran at political crossroads

The Hindu  

Iran has been rocked by agitations since the killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was in detention of the morality police enforcing strict hijab norms, in September. Placards carry the slogan, “Death to Khamenei”, Iran’s supreme leader and the principal guardian of the Islamic revolution. However, there is a deeper problem: Iran’s ‘reformists’ uphold the Islamic order and only advocate …

Prison term for 400 'rioters' as Iran cracks down on anti-hijab protests
2 years, 3 months ago

Prison term for 400 'rioters' as Iran cracks down on anti-hijab protests

India Today  

Iranian courts have so far sentenced 400 people to up to 10 years in jail for carrying out protests against the regime's strict hijab law, a report said. Iran's capital, Tehran, is one of 31 provinces in the country that has decided to impose prison sentences on anti-hijab protesters, meaning the total number of jail sentences is likely to be …

As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man
2 years, 3 months ago

As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man

Salon  

As the American-born daughter of an Iranian father and English mother who left Iran during the revolution, I am entranced by the events unfolding in Iran right now. For years I've also heard anecdotes from American women whose male doctors have denied them treatments like birth control, tubal ligation and hysterectomies, sometimes for excruciatingly painful conditions, because a hypothetical man …

The women of Iran's revolution describe being inside a protest and running for their lives
2 years, 3 months ago

The women of Iran's revolution describe being inside a protest and running for their lives

ABC  

The women of Iran go to great lengths and great risk to spread word of their protest movement. "I don't tell my mum that I'm going to participate, because I don't want to put her under any pressure," she says. A few days ago, one woman speaking with the ABC sent a text that read, "I saved three women's lives …

A case for change: On months-long protests in Iran
2 years, 3 months ago

A case for change: On months-long protests in Iran

The Hindu  

The comments by Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri that the Islamic Republic had disbanded its infamous morality police, after months-long protests, suggest that the regime is finally willing to make concessions. The latest spell of protests began in September after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, who was in the custody of the morality police for wearing …

Iran activists brush off claim morality police abolished
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran activists brush off claim morality police abolished

The Hindu  

Campaigners backing Iran's protest movement on Monday dismissed a claim that the Islamic republic is disbanding its notorious morality police, insisting there was no change to its restrictive dress rules for women. Amini was accused of flouting Iran's strict dress code demanding women wear modest clothing and the hijab headscarf, and her death sparked protests that have spiralled into the …

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police
2 years, 3 months ago

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police

Deccan Chronicle  

TEHRAN: Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, local media said Sunday. Women-led protests, labelled "riots" by the authorities, have swept Iran since the 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin died on September 16, three days after her arrest …

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