Less than three years after the brutal crackdown on the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police ...

Last month, Iran launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country's strict Islamic dress code. Amnesty International dubbed it a war on women. The human rights group says tactics ...

The PAS-led state government’s policy that bans women from gymnastics events came into effect last year. (Bernama pic) Several Muslim female gymnasts from Terengganu have retired from the sport ...

Some other news now - we're going to hear from two Iranian women who've spent time in prison for protesting their government's dress code ... they face vis a vis the Islamic Republic.

Women violating the Islamic dress code will be punished, Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday, according to the official IRNA news agency, reaffirming the law after ...

Ministry officials made recommendations to women and advised them to follow the dress code. Female police officers ... women who spread bad hijab in Islamic society,” he said.

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Iranian lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday to toughen penalties for women who flout the Islamic dress code, with jail terms of up to 10 years, state media reported. The assembly approved “the ...

She said under the new rules, women or girls found not following the strict implementation of the dress code could face 10 years in jail, where the previous term was two months. Fines have been ...

For its upcoming school year, the government is forbidding students from wearing the abaya, a modest dress typically worn by Muslim women and girls, to school. As reported by CNN.com, the country ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would face up to 10 years’ prison under a bill passed on Wednesday.