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Iranian women walk along a busy street in Tehran on April 25, 2026. (Photo by AFP)
April 27, 2026, 6:59 am
As some hijabs come off in Iran and enforcement eases, locals fear it’s temporary
‘No real change has taken place in people’s freedom,’ laments Tehran resident, with women fearing authorities are distracted by the US-Israeli war, and will crack down again later
By AFP
A woman wearing a hijab walks through the water spray in front of the Praterstern train station in Vienna on August 21, 2023. (Alex HALADA / AFP)
December 11, 2025, 5:36 pm
Austria bans headscarves in schools for girls under 14
Conservative-led government says law will protect girls ‘from oppression,’ though Amnesty International calls it ‘blatant discrimination against Muslim girls’
By AFP
A combo image from screenshots of social media videos showing hundreds of unveiled women running at the Kish island marathon in Iran, December 5, 2025. (X)
December 6, 2025, 12:00 pm
Iran files charges against marathon organizers after women runners flout hijab law
Hundreds of women seen without veil running at Kish island’s race as Tehran tries to crack down on increasingly ignored modesty laws; prosecutor: event ‘violated public decency’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iranian women walk in front of a billboard depicting slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah (C) and his successor Hashem Safieddine (R) as well as the late Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, in Tehran on September 28, 2025.(Atta Kenare/AFP)
December 3, 2025, 4:42 pm
Iran’s Khamenei defends hijab as more women flout strict dress code
Supreme leader tells women that those who wear the headscarf ‘can progress more than others,’ after conservatives accuse judiciary of becoming lax on modesty laws
By AFP
An unveiled woman walks outside the Cinema Museum during 'Tehran Design Week' in Tehran on November 17, 2025. (Atta KENARE / AFP)
December 2, 2025, 6:13 pm
Majority of Iranian lawmakers decry lack of enforcement of modesty laws for women
As Iranian women defy the law and let their hair down, Tehran’s conservative wing sounds alarm to judiciary, says it ‘cannot remain passive’ in the face of ‘abnormal behaviors’
By AFP
Women cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, November 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 28, 2025, 11:11 am
With Iran’s regime wary of widespread dissent, Tehran women let their hair down
On first visit to Iran’s capital since 2022 anti-hijab protests, AP reporter sees women openly flout headscarf laws; discontent with theocracy, fears of another war also widespread
By Jon Gambrell
Leaked footage from mid-2024 shows Fatemeh Shamkhani in a Western-style, low-cut strapless wedding dress, left, being led down the aisle by her father Ali Shamkhani, a close adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Screen capture: Iran International, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 28, 2025, 10:19 am
Leaked wedding video lays bare luxury that highlights hypocrisy of Iran’s political elites
Islamic Republic riled by leaked footage of Ali Shamkhani, who oversaw harsh repression of 2022 protests, leading his daughter Fatemeh down aisle at lavish, Western-style wedding
By Farhang Morady
A screengrab of a video showing unveiled women attending an art show at Tehran Design Week, released November 14, 2025. (YouTube)
November 16, 2025, 7:21 pm
‘Vulgar’ video of unveiled women attending art show sparks controversy in Iran
Tehran University pulls out of citywide design week events after video circulates; judiciary said planning crackdowns as more women forgo veil in public
By AFP
Women watch as a man plays trombone as people listen at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Iran, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 15, 2025, 2:00 pm
As Iranian women defy mandatory hijab law, judiciary calls for tougher measures
Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei orders prosecutors and security agencies to target ‘organized and foreign’ efforts behind rising ‘social anomalies’
By AFP
An Iranian woman without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, flashes a victory sign as she walks at the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
March 30, 2025, 12:56 pm
Iranian police disperse weeks-long pro-hijab protest outside parliament in Tehran
State media says encampment dismantled after ‘illegal’ 48-day sit-in to support stringent modesty law, passed a year after Mahsa Amini protests and shelved amid fierce debate
By Agencies
An Iranian woman without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, flashes a victory sign as she walks at the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
March 14, 2025, 6:21 pm
UN report says Iran stepping up electronic surveillance of women to enforce hijab laws
Tehran using drones, facial recognition software and public vigilantes to identify women not wearing head covering; report points to ‘disturbing pattern’ of deaths of protesters
By Jamey Keaten and Jon Gambrell
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi competing during the women boulder finals of the Asian Championships of the IFSC in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Rhea KANG / INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SPORT CLIMBING / AFP)
March 13, 2025, 5:46 pm
Climber leaves Iran after competing without hijab at height of protests
Elnaz Rekabi largely vanished from public view after declining to cover her hair at 2022 event overseas as demonstrations raged against the Islamic Republic’s dress code for women
By AFP
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
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