Iranian women are fighting for their rights. They've had to fight for them for generations
2 years, 1 month ago

Iranian women are fighting for their rights. They've had to fight for them for generations

ABC  

The women of Iran are rising up — again. Pardis Mahdavi adds that, "under the Shah, women certainly had more freedom of dress, etc, but women still felt that their ability to participate — political participation — was stunted". "The women who took part in marches in the millions, they expected that the government would not only provide them with democracy, but also would show them an expansion in women's rights." Crackdowns Shahin Nawai says women's rights in the new Islamic Republic of Iran were soon curtailed. " "Women's bodies were at the centre of the platform under which the Islamist regime came to power … Their critique really was a critique of an Iran that had become overly infatuated with the West," Mahdavi says. "

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Iran pauses process to implement stricter headscarf law for women
1 week 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
1 week 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 …

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
1 month, 2 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
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 …

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 …

What to read by and about Iranian women
1 year, 2 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 morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women
1 year, 5 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, 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 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 …

‘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 …

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 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 …

Why Indian liberals are not talking about anti-hijab protests in Iran
2 years, 2 months ago

Why Indian liberals are not talking about anti-hijab protests in Iran

Firstpost  

The mistake liberals have made is to fall into the trap of being led to believe that any opposition to hijab is an attack on Muslim identity. It is not Forgive me if this offends some sensitivities, but it’s good to see Muslim women finally take a stand against hijab — and that too in the heart of the Islamic …

Iran anti-hijab movement: ‘Streets are capital of women’s revolution’
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran anti-hijab movement: ‘Streets are capital of women’s revolution’

Firstpost  

In a video going viral on social media, people can be seen cheering for the women protestors as they take off their hijab and wave it from the pedestrian bridge Tehran: Amid the nationwide anti-hijab movement in Iran, few women protestors took off their hijab and waved it from a pedestrian bridge as the protests entered into third week. We …

Iran’s anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran’s anti-veil protests draw on long history of resistance

Associated Press  

A young woman climbs to the top of a car in the middle of Mashhad, a conservative Iranian city famed for its Islamic shrines. Iran’s Islamic Republic requires women to cover up in public, including wearing a “hijab” or headscarf that is supposed to completely hide the hair. Most women were in rural areas and worked, “so hijab wasn’t exactly …

The death of Mahsa Amini and the truth about the hijab
2 years, 2 months ago

The death of Mahsa Amini and the truth about the hijab

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The latter often occurs in the …

Hijab hypocrisy: Iran, Mahsa Amini and the double standards of Islamic countries
2 years, 2 months ago

Hijab hypocrisy: Iran, Mahsa Amini and the double standards of Islamic countries

Firstpost  

On 18 February this year, a group of Iranian students demonstrated in front of the Indian embassy in Tehran to demand that girls should be allowed to wear the hijab in Karnataka colleges despite the prohibitions of prescribed uniforms. These anti-establishment demonstrations were triggered because of the death on 16 September of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, while she …

EXPLAINER: What kept Iran protests going after first spark?
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: What kept Iran protests going after first spark?

Associated Press  

Protests have erupted across Iran in recent days after a 22-year-old woman died while being held by the morality police for violating the country’s strictly enforced Islamic dress code. Many Iranians, particularly the young, have come to see Amini’s death as part of the Islamic Republic’s heavy-handed policing of dissent and the morality police’s increasingly violent treatment of young women. …

Iranian Women Roar Against Hijab Rules After Mahsa Amina's Death: News18 Explains Row & Protests
2 years, 3 months ago

Iranian Women Roar Against Hijab Rules After Mahsa Amina's Death: News18 Explains Row & Protests

News 18  

As public anger rises in Iran, three deaths were reported during the protests over the death of a young woman who had been arrested by the “morality police,” who enforce a strict dress code. Protesters marched down Hijab Street, or “headscarf street,” in central Tehran, denouncing the morality police, according to the ISNA news agency. According to a statement issued …

Iran: Women take off Hijab, protest Mahsa Amini's death after detention by 'Morality Police' | VIDEO
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran: Women take off Hijab, protest Mahsa Amini's death after detention by 'Morality Police' | VIDEO

India TV News  

Highlights Several Iranian women took to the streets in Western Iran on Saturday. Iranian women protest: Several Iranian women took to the streets in Western Iran on Saturday, and took off their Hijabs as a mark of protest against the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being detained by the 'morality police'. Multiple videos that are going …

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