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Iran introduces 2,000 new morality police units in response to women’s hijab protests
By Ahmed Vahdat Source: The Telegraph Iran has introduced 2,000 new morality police units in reaction to what officials call an “increasing defiance” of the compulsory wearing of hijabs. The …
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Iran: Abusive forced veiling laws police women’s lives
Source: Amnesty International Imagine that you are a woman leading a relatively normal life. You take the metro or bus to work or university. You socialize with friends. You may …
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Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
Source: Amnesty International Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained …
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Sadaf Khadem: Iranian female boxer halts return over arrest fears
Source: BBC An Iranian who became the first woman from her country to contest an official boxing match says she has cancelled her return home from France after …
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Boxing: Khadem to break a barrier for Iranian women
By Julien Pretot Source: Reuters ROYAN, France – Two years after a clandestine impromptu training session on the hills of Tehran, Sadaf Khadem will become the first Iranian woman …
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120 years of struggle for dignity
In the late 1800’s Iranian women were the main force behind the constitutional movement and the subsequent revolution. The Qajar dynasty’s kings (1799 – 1925) sat idly by and allowed …
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‘It’s Hard To Leave Everything Behind’: Hjiab Protester Flees Iran
Source: Radio Farda Azam Jangravi fled Iran after being sentenced to three years in prison for removing her hijab in a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. …
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IRAN IS SENTENCING CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS TO DEATH
Source: Amnesty International Before they even reach adulthood, Iran is ending their lives. There are scores of young offenders on death row in Iran, and the authorities are continuing to sentence …
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ULTRACONSERVATIVE AYATOLLAH RAISES ALARM OVER ‘DANGER’ TO HIJAB
Source: RadioFarda Ahmad Alamolhoda, the ultraconservative Friday Prayer leader of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, says some people are trying to undermine the importance of compulsory hijab, the head to toe cover …
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