Hijab
What is Basij? The Islamic Republic's 'iron fist' to suppress protesters - explainer
Basij, a key paramilitary militia under the IRGC, has a violent history of suppressing protests, enforcing morality laws, and committing human rights abuses, including torture and sexual abuse.
'Mercenaries for foreigners': Khamenei accuses Iranian protesters of acting on behalf of Trump
Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools
Austrian government presses ahead with planned headscarf ban in schools
'A woman is like a flower': Khamenei defends Iran’s treatment of women as critics cite Mahsa Amini
“A woman is like a flower. A flower must be cared for and protected, and she will enrich you with her color, fragrance, and qualities,” he said.
Iran's judiciary sues US for $22b. damages caused by 2022 protests following Mahsa Amini's death
A Tehran court ordered the US to pay $22b. in damages for allegedly supporting Iran’s 2022 protests after Mahsa Amini’s death, issuing another political ruling amid strained ties.
Australian far-right senator wears burqa to parliament, sparking outrage
Senator Pauline Hanson wore the burqa shortly after she was denied permission to introduce a bill that would outlaw burqas and other full-face coverings in public places in Australia.
US honors Mahsa Amini on third anniversary of execution in Iran
Amini, 22, was detained in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly.
Turkish Cypriots protest new rule permitting hijab in schools
The new ruling comes after an eighth-grade student was barred from entering a Nicosia school for wearing a hijab.
Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones
Authoritarian regimes often enforce strict clothing laws to assert their dominance over their citizens' physical and ideological autonomy.
Islamic Regime rules musician to be flogged 74 times for hijab protest song, alcohol possession
An anonymous official told Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency that the flogging came as punishment for possessing alcohol - not his music.
Islamism: The Left’s moral black hole - opinion
Liberals are more concerned with “Islamophobia” than with the content of Islamist doctrine. It is they who are guilty of a profound failure of empathy.
Pardons for journalists who exposed Amini's death, fueled protests
Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi had been sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison for their coverage of the death of Mahsa Amini.
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala describes harrowing detention in Iran's Evin prison
'Their game is to give you hope and then use your hope to break you,' Sala said, adding, 'I am not going back to Iran, at least as long as there is the Islamic Republic.'
