Hijab

Iranian singer Anita Papist sentenced to 74 lashes for ‘offending public decency’ by singing

Papist, who posts videos of herself online singing in both English and Persian without a head covering, confirmed that her passport was confiscated and her mobile phone blocked.

Iranian singer Anita Papist seen singing in a social media video posted on July 18, 2026.
PORTRAIT IMAGE of Parastoo Ahmadi, Iranian folk and traditional singer.

Iran sentences singer Parastoo Ahmadi, eight others to lashings over performance without hijab

FILE PHOTO: Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan

A Basij militia member patrols in Tehran following a US strike, March 5, 2026; illustrative.

What is Basij? The Islamic Republic's 'iron fist' to suppress protesters - explainer


Iran resorts to security cameras, ostracism to deter unveiled women

Another novel tactic is a government order to both private and public sectors not to provide services to "violators." Warnings of heavy fines and even imprisonment have been issued.

 An Iranian woman walks in a street in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2023.

Iran says there were no school poisonings, blames foreign 'enemies'

The wave of suspected attacks has affected thousands of schoolgirls and provoked public anger.

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Iran shutters hundreds of business in hijab crackdown

After months of protests, Iranian police announced that they were amending how they enforce hijab regulations.

 Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

Iranian girls arrested for dancing without hijabs on TikTok

In Iran, it is forbidden for women to dance in public, and they have to wear hijabs in public.

 Five Iranian teenagers dance to Selena Gomez's "Calm Down".

Iran's judiciary says women will be punished for violating Islamic dress code

The September 16 death of Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini while in police custody for flouting the dress code triggered nationwide protests.

Iranians walk through Tehran Bazaar, in Tehran, Iran December 5, 2022.

World Hijab Day Observed in the Post-Mahsa Amini Era

Women are divided on whether to modernize and normalize the hijab or oppose its use

  high-fashion hijab designed by Haneen, 25, in northern Israel

The US should back Iran's protesters seeking regime change

It is time for America to treat the threat of Iran as a first-tier problem, which means we need a different regime in Tehran in the long run.

 Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Iran sentences woman to 10 years for removing hijab, calls it prostitution

The Tehran court found her guilty of “encouraging corruption and prostitution” for her rejection of the obligatory Islamic dress code.

 Basij militia forces attend a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran November 26, 2022.

'Step by step, the regime will lose control’: An interview with an Iranian revolutionary

BEHIND THE LINES: Kawthar Fatahi, 33, a former teacher from in Iran’s Western Azerbaijan Province, is now a leading activist and organizer for the Iranian Kurdish Komala Party.

 A KURDISH Komala fighter looks toward the Iranian border.

Iran reviewing mandatory hijab law - report

The women of Iran have been legally required to adhere to Muslim modesty laws, loose clothing and covered hair, since 1981, two years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

 Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022