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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 535

dress code

Iranian singer Parastoo Ahmady performs a virtual concert on December 11, 2024. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 15, 2024, 3:31 am
Iran arrests female singer who performed on YouTube without hijab
Parastoo Ahmady’s lawyer says he has no information on charges, place of detention or who arrested her; two other musicians in same band also arrested
By AP
Iranians protest the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (Photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Middle East Images/AP)
March 8, 2024, 12:27 pm
UN accuses Iran of using ‘disproportionate’ violence during Mahsa Amini protests
Probe finds Islamic Republic committed extrajudicial killings, prisoners sexually assaulted during crackdown; says Amini died of trauma inflicted while in morality police custody
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: Women share an umbrella as they stand at Enghelab Square in Iran's capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
January 7, 2024, 4:33 pm
Woman in Iran receives 74 lashings for not covering hair, ‘violating public morals’
33-year-old Roya Heshmati accused by Tehran’s judiciary of having ‘encouraged permissiveness’ after violating mandatory dress code in public
By AFP and AP
Women walk along Enghelab Square in central Tehran on September 10, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
September 20, 2023, 3:19 pm
Iran MPs advance bill to toughen penalties for women who violate Islamic dress code
Along with prison time for violators, legislation calls for punishment for ‘mocking the hijab,’ following protests sparked by death of woman accused of breaching rules
By AFP
An activist wears a swimsuit in the women's section at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, as part of a protest against a bill proposed by the Shas party, February 12, 2023. (Oren Ziv/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 1:21 pm
Woman who stripped down to swimsuit at Western Wall is charged with disturbing peace
Maya Benvenisti, 36, staged protest against since-shelved legislation that would have made it a criminal offense to dress or pray ‘immodestly’ at Jerusalem Old City holy site
By ToI Staff
A young Iranian woman crosses a street without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in Tehran, Iran, November 14, 2022. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
May 8, 2023, 4:31 pm
Iran charges 2 more actresses for appearing without a veil
Baran Kosari and Shaghayegh Dehghan face prison terms for violating strict dress code amid ongoing wave of defiance since Mahsa Amini’s death in custody last September
By AFP
Iranian women, wearing headscarves, walk in a street in Tehran on April 10, 2023. (ATTA KENARE/AFP)
April 15, 2023, 6:45 pm
Iran begins crackdown against violators of mandatory hijab laws
Police say technology will be used to identify women who flout strict Islamic dress code, even in private cars, and warn businesses will be closed if workers remove headscarves
By AFP
In this file photo taken on February 7, 2018, Iranian women wearing hijab walk down a street in the capital Tehran. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 8, 2023, 5:40 pm
Iranian police install cameras to identify women violating strict dress code
Authorities say those not wearing headscarf in public places will receive ‘warning text messages as to the consequences,’ as women increasingly defy ‘hijab law’
By ToI Staff
A man pours yogurt on two women for not wearing the hijab, in a shop in Shandiz, Iran, March 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 1, 2023, 7:39 pm
Iranian pours yogurt on 2 women in shop for not wearing hijab; the women are arrested
Police also issue arrest warrant for attacker after footage goes viral; Iran’s president stresses wearing headscarf is obligatory
By AFP
A cleric walks in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine in Qom, Iran, February 7, 2023. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
February 21, 2023, 10:49 am
Even in Shiite heartland of Qom, Iranians quietly call for change
Though many support theocratic regime, mandatory hijab, some residents say anti-government protesters treated too harshly, women who flout dress code should be warned, not arrested
By AP
An Iranian police officer refuses to arrest a woman for not wearing a hijab in recent days, in the western province of Kermanshah. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 13, 2023, 1:04 pm
Iranian policeman rebuked for refusing to enforce mandatory hijab rule
Authorities say officer received ‘warnings and training’ after video posted online shows him rejecting a woman’s plea to arrest another woman who wasn’t wearing headscarf
By AFP
A young Iranian woman crosses a street without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in Tehran, Nov. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
January 10, 2023, 2:58 pm
Iranian police reportedly ordered to ‘firmly punish’ hijab violations
Mehr news agency reports law enforcement told to crack down on violators, with punishments including ‘exile, bans on certain professions and closing workplaces’
By AFP
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem competes without a headscarf at a chess tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 26, 2022. (Lennart Ootes/FIDE)
December 28, 2022, 12:17 pm
Iranian woman competes in international chess tournament without hijab
Sara Khadem photographed at Kazakhstan championship without compulsory head covering, joining other female Iranian athletes who have competed bareheaded in defiance of regime
By Ash Obel
In this file photo taken on July 23, 2007, an Iranian policewoman looks on from the back of a police vehicle before the start of a crackdown to enforce Islamic dress code in the capital Tehran. (Behrouz MEHRI/AFP)
December 5, 2022, 3:30 pm
‘Too little too late’: Iranian activists brush off claims morality police abolished
Protest supporters call supposed disbandment of force a ‘PR move,’ say it doesn’t change oppressive dress code for women but simply marks switch in enforcement of law
By Stuart Williams
Sympathizers of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) take part in a demonstration in support of Iranian protesters near the Iranian Embassy in Vienna, Austria on September 26, 2022. (Joe Klamar/AFP)
September 26, 2022, 10:52 pm
Rights group says at least 76 dead as Iran protests rage despite violent crackdown
Officials say 1,200 arrested, authorities working round the clock to crush dissent sparked by death of 22-year-old Masha Amini while in morality police custody
By Stuart Williams
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