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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 474

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Lea Kheirallah covers her hair upon request from Ahmed al-Sharaa (facing away) during the de facto Syrian leader's visit tour in Damascus's Messeh area on December 10, 2024. (X screenshot used in accordance with article 27a of the copyright law)
December 20, 2024, 6:35 pm
Syria’s de facto leader defends telling woman to cover her hair for photo
After igniting fears that fall of Assad will usher in Islamist regime, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham chief denies forcing woman to don veil and says ‘it’s my personal freedom’
By ToI Staff
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
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the extended format meeting of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 23, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool/AFP)
December 3, 2024, 3:17 pm
Iranian president expresses doubts over bid for harsher hijab penalties for women
Pezeshkian tells state TV he has ‘many reservations’ about new law, already passed by parliament; regulations said to impose fine equivalent to up to 20 months’ average salary
By AFP
File: Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi in the music video for his protest song 'Mouse Hole,' uploaded to YouTube on July 28, 2021. (Screen capture: YouTube/Toomaj Salehi, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 2, 2024, 6:34 pm
Dissident Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi released after death sentence overturned
Artist completes one-year jail term after conviction for publicly backing nationwide protests sparked by death in custody of Mahsa Amini
By Agencies
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
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