In addition, they are also using new facial recognition software reportedly installed in early 2024 “at the entrance gate of the Amirkabir University in Tehran, to monitor such compliance by women ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and ...

Surveillance cameras on major roadways in Iran are also thought to be used to search for women who are not adhering to the hijab law. These findings come from the Independent International ...

Though suspended in December 2024 after an internal debate, Iran’s draft law “Hijab and Chastity” looms as a severe threat for women and girls in the country. If enacted, the law would ...

DUBAI, Mar 7: Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol, his ...

Young women in Afghanistan are rejecting the traditional burqa for more comfortable abayas and hijabs, challenging ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs ... Rights groups have been outraged over the hijab law and the cruel ways it is enforced.

Mehdi Yarahi was flogged on Wednesday, his lawyer ... her hijab to the liking of the authorities. The protests that followed Amini’s death started first with the chant “Women, Life, Freedom.” ...

Since Taliban’s return to power in 2021, they have imposed an ultra-strict vision of Islamic law ... when women were lashed for failing to wear one in public. But the abaya and hijab headscarf ...