hijab law

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian looks on, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs/File Photo
Middle East

Iran's president criticises new hijab law

Iranian media reports say the legislation imposes fines equivalent to up to 20 months' average salary for women who improperly wear a hijab or forgo it altogether

File Photo: A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS//File Photo
World+Biz

Iran proposes long jail terms, AI surveillance, and crackdown on influencers in new hijab law