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During Qajar dynasty the hijab was a prevalent fashion choice for women in Iran, as it reflected the cultural, religious, and political identity of the Qajar empire. The hijab was enforced by the Islamic dress code for women, which was introduced by the Safavid dynasty and continued by the Qajars. [14]
The Girls of Enghelab protests (Persian: دختران انقلاب) are protests against the compulsory hijab in Iran, part of the wider Iranian Democracy Movement. The protests were inspired by Vida Movahed, an Iranian woman known as the Girl of Enghelab Street (Persian: دختر خیابان انقلاب), who stood in the crowd on a utility box on Enghelab Street (Revolution Street) in ...
After being confronted and harassed by Basij paramilitary forces over Iran's compulsory hijab laws, with her clothing torn during the encounter, she responded in protest by removing her clothes and sitting partially undressed in the university courtyard on 2 November 2024. The Iranian state violently arrested and detained her, leading to her ...
The wearing of a hijab (or headscarf) in public is mandatory for women under Iran’s strict interpretation of Islamic law that is enforced by the country’s so-called morality police ...
The Iranian American human rights activist Masih Alinejad wrote on X: "In Iran, a student harassed by her university’s morality police over her ‘improper’ hijab didn’t back down. She ...
Her arrest is yet another in Iran that appears to carry echoes of the case of Mahsa Amini, who died in a hospital after being taken into police custody in Sept. 2022. Amini, an Iranian-Kurdish ...
The Iranian women's rights activists and feminists were mainly from the educated elite, and some had appeared unveiled even before the Kashf-e hijab: Dowlatabadi is believed to have been the first woman in Iran to have done so, [17] appearing in public in 1928 completely unveilied. [18]
An Iranian woman was arrested after reportedly stripping down to her undergarments to protest an alleged assault by security forces for not following strict hijab laws.. The woman was reportedly ...