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Iran closes more than 150 businesses in 24 hours over mandatory hijab law
Iranian police said on Sunday authorities had closed more than 150 businesses in 24 hours for not respecting the obligation for women to wear ... Middle East -
Iran vows to prosecute women, close businesses that shun hijab
Iranian women will be prosecuted and businesses could risk being shut for failing to observe the country’s hijab rules, Iran’s police chief said, ... Middle East -
Iran’s Khamenei reaffirms mandatory hijab law, says unveiling ‘forbidden’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reaffirmed on Tuesday the country’s mandatory hijab law, saying that removing the Islamic head covering is ... Middle East -
Video of man in Iran attacking unveiled women with yoghurt leads to arrest warrants
Iran’s judiciary has issued three arrest warrants after a video emerged of a man attacking two women with a bucket of yoghurt for not wearing ... Middle East -
Iran to ‘firmly punish’ people who violate hijab law: Report
Iran’s judiciary has ordered police to “firmly punish” people who violate the country’s hijab law, a news agency reported Tuesday, after nearly four ... Middle East -
Chess player warned not to return to Iran after competing without hijab: Report
An Iranian chess player arrived in Spain on Tuesday after receiving what a source close to her said were warnings not to return to Iran for competing ... Middle East -
Iran arrests actor who removed hijab in video: Report
Iran has arrested a prominent actor who in a video removed her headscarf in public in an apparent act of defiance, state media reported Sunday, as ... Middle East -
European companies can generally prohibit headscarves at work: Top EU court
EU companies can ban headscarves as long as it is a general prohibition that does not discriminate against employees, Europe’s top court said on ... World News -
India’s top court divided on decision to ban hijab in classrooms
A panel of India’s top court said on Thursday it was divided on a decision to allow hijabs in classrooms, and referred the matter to the chief justice ... World News -
Anti-regime chants in Iran as protests spread over death of woman blamed on police
Protests in Iran reached the capital city of Iran’s Kurdistan province on Saturday, as the uproar sparked by the death of a young woman blamed on ... Middle East -
Iran to use subway surveillance cameras to identify and fine women without hijab
Iranian authorities will use subway surveillance cameras to identify and fine women who do not comply with the country’s strict dress code, according ... Middle East -
UN committee slams France over school hijab case
France violated an international rights treaty when it banned a woman from wearing a hijab while she studied at a school, a UN committee has ruled.The ... World News -
Court upholds ban on barristers wearing hijab in France’s Lille law courts
France’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a ban on barristers wearing the hijab and other religious symbols in Lille law courts, a judgment which ... World News -
Students in India’s Kolkata block roads as row over hijab in schools mounts
Hundreds of students in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday chanted slogans and blocked roads in protest of a hijab ban in the southern ... World News -
Schools ordered shut in India’s Karnataka state as hijab ban protests intensify
Authorities in southern India ordered schools to shut on Tuesday as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves that has outraged Muslim ... World News -
Turkey condemns EU court ruling on hijab ban as ‘clear violation’ of freedoms
Turkey on Sunday slammed a ruling by a top European Union court allowing the banning of headscarves under certain conditions as a “clear violation of ... Middle East -
Iran’s Khamenei issues fatwa saying women in cartoons must wear hijab
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently issued a new fatwa declaring that women in cartoons and animated films must wear the hijab, according to a ... Middle East
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