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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

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Iranian women without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walk past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 14, 2024, 1:52 pm
Some Iranian women take off hijabs as anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
Defiance comes despite what UN calls ‘expanded repressive measures, policies’ by theocracy; one says her ‘quasi-courage’ is due to Amini: ‘We have to protect this as an achievement’
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: Women walk on a market street in Tehran, Iran, on August 8, 2024. (AFP)
September 13, 2024, 9:08 pm
UN-appointed experts accuse Iran of stepping up repression of women
Independent fact-finding missions particularly concerned by ‘apparent new pattern’ of sentencing to death women activists who oppose hijab requirements
By AFP
Iranian women not wearing their mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walk in Tehran, Iran, August 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
August 15, 2024, 12:08 pm
Iranian police shoot woman while trying to seize her car over hijab violation
Arezou Badri, a mother of two, is under arrest in a police hospital, likely paralyzed; authorities claim she was trying to escape an impound order for her car
By Jon Gambrell
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (AP Photo, File)
July 7, 2024, 4:28 pm
Iran arrests lawyer who criticized regime’s crackdown on women’s rights protests
Day after reformist wins presidency, Mohsen Borhani is held following his support for 2022 demonstrations sparked by death of Mahsa Amini
By AP
Nika Shakarami (Wikipedia; Original publication: Unknown/Immediate source: https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/teenager-killed-in-iran-protests)
April 30, 2024, 3:24 pm
Iranian forces sexually assaulted, beat teen protester to death in 2022 – BBC report
Outlet’s investigative team obtains ‘highly confidential’ document on probe into death of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami, who authorities claim killed herself by jumping from building
By ToI Staff
A woman walks past a banner depicting launching missiles bearing the emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 21, 2024, 2:01 pm
Iran morality police redouble crackdown on women amid tensions with Israel
Videos shared on social media purportedly show dreaded unit enforcing hijab rules deploying in force, sweeping women off the streets and into notorious vans
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A school student is seen wearing a hijab. (Rawpixel via iStock)
March 27, 2024, 11:58 pm
French politicians in uproar after school principal resigns over hijab altercation
Paris school head receives death threats after getting into a fight with a student who refused to remove her hijab as per French law
By Sophie LAUBIE
FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, on September 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
March 18, 2024, 4:02 pm
UN fact finders deem Mahsa Amini’s death in Iranian custody ‘unlawful’
Mission also says regime’s handling of protests following Amini’s death was rife with human rights violations, some of which qualify as crimes against humanity
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Cecile Mantovani
A woman fills out her ballot as a policeman walks past during the parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 1, 2024 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi).
March 4, 2024, 12:04 pm
Hardline conservatives secure bulk of parliamentary seats in Iran election
Authorities still counting ballots from first election since Mahsa Amini killing, fail to explain delay
By AP
Afghan burqa-clad women stand in a queue as they wait to receive food being distributed as an aid by the World Food Programme (WFP) organization at Nawabad Kako Sahib area in Baraki Barak district of Logar Province on January 7, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP)
January 10, 2024, 11:30 pm
Taliban official says women detained for improper dress amid crackdown in Kabul
Afghan security official claims detainees were only advised ‘to have greater respect and dignity’ and were not ‘disrespected or humiliated’
By AFP
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
FILE - A woman holds a sign that reads in Spanish "Justice for Mahsa Amini" as she protests against the death of Amini, an Iranian woman who died while in police custody in Iran, in front of the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
December 10, 2023, 1:44 pm
Iran bans Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to receive EU’s top human rights prize
Civil rights monitor says ban placed on relatives of woman whose death in police custody sparked nationwide protests; family’s lawyer allowed to go to France to accept award
By AP
Iranian athletes compete at 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Thursday, September 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
November 28, 2023, 6:48 pm
Iranian sports official fired after foreign athlete competes in Tehran without hijab
Country’s Deaf Sports Federation chief insists event took place with no men present, says he doesn’t know how photo was uploaded online
By AFP
In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2023. (Iranian state television/ AP)
October 29, 2023, 11:57 pm
Human rights lawyer arrested after attending funeral of girl killed on Tehran Metro
Nasrin Sotoudeh detained following burial of Armita Geravanad, who was killed in incident some believe to be related to her lack of hair covering at the time
By AP
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on October 3, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
October 5, 2023, 7:50 pm
Iran snaps back at West after criticism over Iranian teen injured on metro
US, UK and German comments anger Tehran, which accuses countries of ‘expressing insincere concern’ about 16-year-old Armita Garawand, said to be in critical condition
By AFP
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