For decades, Iranian authorities have enforced the mandatory hijab through patrols by police and security forces. The country’s so-called “morality police”, known as “Gasht-e Ershad” or ...

A female singer has been arrested by authorities in Iran for not wearing a hijab while performing in a virtual concert on ...

Demonstrators demand tougher penalties for women who refuse to wear the hijab Since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, women have been required to conceal their hair in public. However, increasing ...

Iranian police have dispersed a weeks-long sit-in by demonstrators supporting the ... The protesters were calling for the implementation of a bill imposing tougher penalties on women who refuse to ...

ALBAWABA - In a remarkable move, the Iranian government has decided to dismantle the morality police, a unit formed in 2005 to enforce regulations on modest dress and chaste behaviors. Iranian ...

TEHRAN, IRAN - Iranian police have dispersed a weeks ... penalties on women who refuse to wear the covering, known as a hijab. Parliament approved the bill in September 2023.

On the streets of Iranian cities, it’s becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, after the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the ...