Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their ...

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For women in the Islamic Republic of Iran, hejab is, quite literally, part of the fabric of daily life. The term refers to a conservative Islamic way of dressing that dictates that women cover ...

Women in Iran have been compelled to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothes to disguise their figures since the implementation of Sharia Law, following the 1979 revolution.

Iran’s parliament on Wednesday passed draconian new legislation imposing much harsher penalties on women who breach hijab rules, days after the one-year anniversary of mass protests sparked by ...

Iranian authorities are to use cameras in public places to identify women who violate the country’s hijab law, state media reported. Women in Iran risk arrest for not covering their hair.

An order by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to enforce the country's hijab and chastity law has resulted in a new list of restrictions on how women can dress. The IRIB news agency, which is ...

Iran has launched a major new crackdown on women defying the country’s strict dress code, deploying large numbers of police to enforce laws requiring women to wear headscarves in public ...

Iran is once again deploying police officers on the streets to enforce its conservative dress code for women, which many have flouted since the protest movement that rattled the country began last ...

Women in Iran keep protesting strict Islamic dress code despite police crackdown Female activists in Iran say they're undeterred as authorities continue fierce enforcement of female dress codes.

Iranian women face 10 years in jail for inappropriate dress after ‘hijab bill’ approved By Tara Subramaniam , Adam Pourahmadi and Mostafa Salem , CNN 4 minute read ...