Iran’s parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after protest anniversary
1 year, 3 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 the country’s dress code. The bill, which was approved by 152 lawmakers in Iran’s 290-seat parliament, requires ratification by the Guardian Council, a clerical body that serves as constitutional watchdog. Iran’s clerical rulers view the hijab law as a key pillar of the Islamic Republic and blamed the protests on Western nations, without providing evidence.

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Iran puts new stricter hijab law for women on hold: ‘Not feasible at the moment'
6 days, 10 hours ago

Iran puts new stricter hijab law for women on hold: ‘Not feasible at the moment'

Firstpost  

The controversial law, which was approved by the parliament in September 2023, will not be sent to the government as planned this week, according to one of the country’s vice presidents Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited …

Iran pauses process to implement stricter headscarf law for women
6 days, 14 hours ago

Iran pauses process to implement stricter headscarf law for women

LA Times  

Iran has paused the process of implementing a stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. The law levies harsher punishments for women who refuse to wear the hijab and for businesses that serve …

Iran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women, official says
6 days, 19 hours ago

Iran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women, official says

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has paused the process of implementing a new, stricter law on women’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini. The law levies harsher punishments for women who refuse to wear the hijab and …

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women
1 week, 2 days 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 …

How Iran's new chastity law makes life even more difficult for women
2 weeks, 4 days 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 …

Iran passes controversial ‘chastity’ law imposing even harsher dress restrictions. The president doesn’t like it
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Iran passes controversial ‘chastity’ law imposing even harsher dress restrictions. The president doesn’t like it

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a weekly look inside the region’s biggest stories. CNN — Iran’s parliament has enacted a harsh new modesty law, significantly tightening existing dress restrictions that have already fueled nationwide protests and posed a serious challenge to regime stability. Two years after protests against Iran’s …

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches
3 months, 1 week 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 …

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change
5 months, 3 weeks 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
5 months, 3 weeks 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
5 months, 4 weeks 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
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament
7 months, 1 week ago

A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over the country’s parliament, authorities said Saturday, while not sharing any details on the turnout. The result, and that of the previous vote in March, gives hard-liners 233 of the 290 seats in Iran’s parliament, according to an …

Iran's hardliners employ female 'hijab enforcers' to spy on bare-headed women and bundle them into vans for interrogation in new crackdown
7 months, 2 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
8 months 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 …

Iran subjecting women to ‘draconian’ surveillance on hijab rule, says Amnesty
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

UN demands Iran drop 'demeaning' new hijab law
1 year, 3 months ago

UN demands Iran drop 'demeaning' new hijab law

The Hindu  

The UN called Friday on Iranian authorities to scrap a new law that dramatically increases penalties for women who flout strict Islamic dress code, describing it as "repressive and demeaning". The United Nations rights office said it deeply regretted the passage of the so-called Chastity and Hijab Bill, which threatens Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating …

Iran's parliament passes a stricter headscarf law days after death anniversary of Mahsa Amini
1 year, 3 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 approves ‘hijab bill’; harsh punishments for violations
1 year, 3 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 …

A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests; Now businesses are a new battleground
1 year, 4 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, 4 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 …

Businesses are a new battleground in Iran’s crackdown on women without headscarves
1 year, 4 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 …

Hijab rule: Iran sending women for psychological treatment for defying Hijab
1 year, 4 months ago

Hijab rule: Iran sending women for psychological treatment for defying Hijab

Live Mint  

A protest that spread like a wildfire after the death of Mhasa Amini under the custody of Iran's moral police, has now forced the Iranian government to resort to psychological treatment implement its Hijab rule. In another case of punishment by Tehran court a woman was sentenced to two months in prison and six months of psychological treatment for “a …

Iran's morality police back on streets months after anti-hijab protests
1 year, 5 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, 5 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 as authorities enforce hijab rule
1 year, 5 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 …

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back
1 year, 7 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, 7 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, 8 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 …

Iranian women post images without hijabs despite crackdown
1 year, 8 months ago

Iranian women post images without hijabs despite crackdown

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Scores of Iranian women are posting images of themselves online while not wearing the hijab, as a police deadline for cracking down on violators of the country’s compulsory dress code is approaching. A growing proportion of women in Iran have abandoned their mandatory hijabs since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s …

Iranian women defying hijab law will face… first warning, then court
1 year, 8 months ago

Iranian women defying hijab law will face… first warning, then court

Hindustan Times  

Iranian police will use smart technology in public places to identify and then penalise women who violate the country’s strict hijab rule, authorities informed. Police said that it would “take action to identify norm-breaking people by using tools and smart cameras in public places and thoroughfares”. “From next Saturday, people who remove their veil will be identified by using smart …

Hijab is the law in Iran as unveiled women face 'yoghurt attack', says President Ebrahim Raisi
1 year, 8 months ago

Hijab is the law in Iran as unveiled women face 'yoghurt attack', says President Ebrahim Raisi

India Today  

President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that the hijab was the law in Iran after a viral video showed a man throwing yoghurt at two unveiled women in a shop near a holy Shi'ite Muslim city. READ | Iran's Anti-hijab movement to Afghanistan's Taliban rule Risking arrest for defying the obligatory dress code, women are still widely seen unveiled in …

Iran’s Raisi says hijab is the law as women face ‘yoghurt attack’
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran’s Raisi says hijab is the law as women face ‘yoghurt attack’

Al Jazeera  

Iranian president says hijab is the law after viral video shows man throwing yoghurt at uncovered women in Mashhad. President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the hijab is “a legal matter” in Iran after a viral video appeared to show a man throwing yoghurt at two uncovered women in a shop near a holy Shia Muslim city. Judicial authorities in …

Women flouting hijab mandate to face $60,000 fine in Iran
1 year, 8 months ago

Women flouting hijab mandate to face $60,000 fine in Iran

Firstpost  

The penalties will apply to women who are caught flouting the mandatory hijab rule in public spaces like restaurants, government offices, schools and universities Tehran: Women in Iran will have to pay a fine of $60,000 for flouting the country’s hijab mandate after a new law to enforce strict dress codes is passed by the parliament. The penalties will apply …

‘They still want a regime change.’ Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh says the anger behind Iran’s protests remains
1 year, 10 months 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 executes 2 more men detained amid nationwide protests
1 year, 11 months ago

Iran executes 2 more men detained amid nationwide protests

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran said it executed two men Saturday convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration, the latest executions aimed at halting the nationwide protests now challenging the country’s theocracy. Iran’s judiciary identified those executed as Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Mohammad Hosseini, making it four men known to have been executed since the demonstrations …

Iran tightens grip on hijab rules, tells women to wear headscarf even in cars
1 year, 11 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 …

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

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

Confusion over Iran's religious police as women drop hijab
2 years ago

Confusion over Iran's religious police as women drop hijab

The Independent  

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Iran activists brush off claim morality police abolished
2 years 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 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 …

Iran 'Abolishes' Morality Police After Months Of Protests: Report
2 years ago

Iran 'Abolishes' Morality Police After Months Of Protests: Report

ABP News  

UPDATE: Amid mass protests continuing since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini while in custody of the morality police in September, several media reports earlier this month quoted Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri as saying that the state’s morality police had been “abolished”. New Delhi: Protest-hit Iran has abolished its morality police, news agency AFP reported, citing …

Iran: Hijab Law Under Review, Says Attorney General. State Body Reports 200 Deaths In Protests
2 years ago

Iran: Hijab Law Under Review, Says Attorney General. State Body Reports 200 Deaths In Protests

ABP News  

New Delhi: Iran's attorney general on Saturday said that the parliament and the judiciary are reviewing the decades-old hijab law which sparked the 3-month-long protests in the country. Iran's attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said, "Both parliament and the judiciary are working " of whether the law needs any changes, as quoted by news agency AFP. The review team met …

Iran reviewing decades-old mandatory hijab law amid protests
2 years ago

Iran reviewing decades-old mandatory hijab law amid protests

India Today  

Iran has said that it is reviewing a decades-old mandatory hijab law that requires women to cover their heads, amid over two months of protests linked to the dress code. A general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps this week, for the first time, said more than 300 people have lost their lives in the unrest since Mahsa Amini's death. …

Iran’s Attorney General says hijab law under review
2 years ago

Iran’s Attorney General says hijab law under review

The Hindu  

Iran’s parliament and the judiciary are reviewing a law which requires women to cover their heads, and which triggered more than two months of deadly protests, the Attorney General said. The review team met on Wednesday with parliament’s cultural commission “and will see the results in a week or two”, the Attorney General said. Iran’s top security body, the Supreme …

Iran has reached a point of no return: Princesses of Persia won't give an inch
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran has reached a point of no return: Princesses of Persia won't give an inch

New Indian Express  

On September 16, she died of torture by the dreaded Iranian morality police, arrested for not covering her head. They are publicly dumping the oppressive head-cloth and screaming for the head of Iran's Supreme Leader, the ruthless Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Islamist despots, who have ruled over Iran since 1979, are quivering in their gilded corners, burned by the wrath …

Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand
2 years, 2 months ago

Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand

The Quint  

Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand “Women, life, liberty.” These words are ringing out on the the streets of every city in Iran, as women come out to tell the repressive enforcers of the Islamic Republic that they have had enough. Meghdad Madadi via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC The images emerging from the streets …

Women’s choice: a threat to Iranian state
2 years, 2 months ago

Women’s choice: a threat to Iranian state

The Hindu  

In the propagation of the myth of all-round vulnerability of women lies the strength of the Iranian state. The slightest sign of digression, let alone defiance, as in the case of Mahsa Amini who was arrested by morality police for dress code violation, is considered a challenge to age-old male hegemony. At a time when Iranian women are beginning to …

'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi': Iranian schoolgirls throw away mandatory hijabs, demand freedom from Islamist regime
2 years, 2 months ago

'Zan, Zendegi, Azadi': Iranian schoolgirls throw away mandatory hijabs, demand freedom from Islamist regime

Op India  

As the protests against the death of Mahsa Amini gather steam in Iran, now thousands of schoolgirls have joined in to demand freedom from the mandatory hijab laws in the Islamic country. This is days after an Iranian woman named Mahsa Amini was apprehended and brutally beaten by the ‘morality police’ for not complying with the mandatory hijab laws of …

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