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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 ...
Daryaei's action on 2 November 2024 turned her into a symbol of resistance against Iran's strict dress code laws and the enforcement of the compulsory hijab, especially two years after the death of Mahsa Amini. Her protest and subsequent arrest drew international attention, with human rights organisations calling for her release. [14]
The Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran is a protest movement that started in September 2022 after the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a young Iranian woman who was arrested by the morality police for not wearing hijab correctly.
Protests continued in Iran and elsewhere after a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was accused of not wearing her hijab properly died in police custody.
Amnesty International’s Iran unit called on the Iranian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release the student who was violently arrested on Saturday.
LONDON — Protests led by women have erupted across Iran following the death of a 22-year-old woman in police custody. Mahsa Amini, from Kurdistan, was visiting Tehran on Sept. 13 when she was ...
This movement started as a Facebook page, called My Stealthy Freedom, where women in Iran post photos of themselves without scarves, as a protest against the compulsory hijab laws in the country. [4] By the end of 2016, the page has surpassed 1 million Facebook likes. [ 5 ]
Iran's parliament is discussing a law that would increase punishments on uncovered women and the businesses they frequent. A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now ...