Sacramento State Fashion Merchandising and Management Professor Jaleh Naasz once got in trouble for wearing nail polish to school. Another time someone wiped her eyelashes to make sure she wasn’t ...

Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...

Defiance of hijab requirements has grown widespread across Iran. The government seems wary of cracking down, fearing unrest.

OUTRAGED Iranians have slammed supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s close aide after his daughter was caught wearing a “revealing” ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Billboards across Iran's capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. But perhaps for the first time since the chaotic days following ...

Despite a new plan by the Iranian police to crack down more severely on those opposing the wearing of the hijab -- the head covering compulsory for Muslim women -- reports and images published on ...

In December 2023, the presence of 3,000 women at the Tehran derby between Persepolis and Esteghlal seemed to indicate progress in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Female fans had been banned from ...