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Iranian woman holds a photo of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during a rally that marks the 46th anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, on February 10, 2025.

Big Brother in Tehran: Iran's police state supresses women with AI, drones

By ALEX WINSTON

Mehdi Yarrahi in Concert, Isfahan, Iran in 2017.

Islamic Regime rules musician to be flogged for hijab protest song, alcohol possession

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

The results of the 1996 Dizengoff Center suicide bombing.

Islamism: The Left’s moral black hole

By Samuel J. Hyde

Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Pardons for journalists who exposed Amini's death, fueled protests

By REUTERS

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (R) and released journalist Cecelia Sala (L) embrace upon her return, January 8, 2025.

Journalist Cecilia Sala details detention in Iran's Evin prison

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Following severe criticism, Iran defers implementation of hijab bill

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iranian singer arrested for not wearing hijab in Youtube concert video

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pro-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration staged in support of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab laws in Tehran on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Could Iran’s new hijab law bring down Khamenei?

By ALEX WINSTON

A woman wearing a burqa sits on the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021.

Swiss 'burqa ban' to take effect from Jan. 1

By REUTERS

The young woman who stripped in protest after allegedly being assaulted for improperly wearing a hijab.

Iranian woman strips clothes in protest after being assaulted

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, women defy Iran’s hijab law despite crackdown

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

Iranian police shoot, paralyze woman over hijab law violation

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

A SCENE from ‘Tatami.’

'Tatami'’s Israeli director and Iranian screenwriter discuss historic collaboration

By HANNAH BROWN

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Muslim-majority Tajikistan approves hijab ban

Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 27, 2022. Uploaded on 2/6/2024

'Take this hijab and shove it': Bill Maher slams hypocrisy in 'gender apartheid' speech

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iran's hijab crackdown 'sign of regime's weakness,' party representative tells TML

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown

February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

New York City to pay $17.5 million for forcing women to remove hijabs for mug shots

By REUTERS