Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Tourists not exempt in Iran dress crackdown: police

AFP: Iran on Monday warned tourists and other foreigners visiting the country to obey its Islamic dress code in line with a nationwide crackdown...
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Women bear brunt of Tehran’s crackdown

AP: Iranian police shoved and kicked them, loaded them into a curtained minibus and drove them away. Hours later, at the gates of Evin...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Crackdown in Iran over dress codes

BBC: Thousands of Iranian women have been cautioned over their poor Islamic dress this week and several hundred arrested in the capital Tehran in...
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Iran: Enemies ‘plotting’ against new dress code says Ahmadinejad

AKI: One week after police started enforcing strict new Islamic dress code rules, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that his opponents were manipulating...
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Iran: Two women’s rights activists sentenced to jail

AKI: A court in Tehran issued on Tuesday a suspended jail sentence for two women's rights activists who had taken part in a rally...
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Iran: 150,000 women detained for breaking dress code

AKI: Some 150,000 women have been detained in Iran for violating strict new Islamic dress code rules, the country's top police officer has announced....
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran police swoop on slipping headscarves

AFP: The police bus screeches to a halt at a Tehran square packed with traffic. The officers leap out and begin spot checks on...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran cracks down on women’s dress

AP: With the arrival of spring, Iranian police have launched a crackdown against women accused of not covering up enough, arresting nearly 300 women,...
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