A Friday report by the United Nations says Iran is using advanced technology, including drones, facial recognition and a citizen-reporting app to crack down on violations of its mandatory hijab laws.

Rights groups have been outraged over the hijab law and the cruel ways it is enforced. In December, Amnesty International said that Iranian authorities had imposed new draconian laws against veil ...

UN recalled that hundreds of people were killed in protests in 2022, against Iran’s mandatory hijab law and political and social issues following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of ...

CNN has reached out to the Iranian embassy in London for comment. Though suspended in December 2024 after an internal debate, Iran’s draft law “Hijab and Chastity” looms as a severe threat for women ...

Her death led to nationwide protests against the country's mandatory hijab laws and the public disobedience against them that continues even today, despite the threat of violent arrest and ...

It is a fictional representation created for illustrative purposes only. A recent United Nations report highlights Iran's escalating use of electronic surveillance and public informants to enforce its ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer and musician known for his song encouraging women to remove their hijabs, was lashed 74 times as part of his punishment for supporting the protests that swept the ...

Rights groups have been outraged over the hijab law and the cruel ways it is enforced. In December, Amnesty International said that Iranian authorities had imposed new draconian laws against ...

GENEVA – Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's ...