Why Iranian Women Are Taking Off Their Head Scarves-By NAHID SIAMDOUST On Dec. 27, Vida Movahed stood bareheaded on a utility box on one of Tehran’s busiest thoroughfares, waving her white head scarf on a stick. Within days, images of the 31-year-old, who was detained and then released a few weeks …
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Iran’s Presidential Strategic Studies Center: 41% of the people are against the compulsory hijab
Tabriz,South Azerbaijan,Feb 1 As images of Iranian women holding their hijabs aloft spread on social media, an influential activist said women are symbolically rejecting the wider “interference of religion” in their lives. Many Iranian women are fighting against the most visible symbol of oppression and showed their protest without hijab against …
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