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Iran demolishes home of climber Elnaz Rekabi who competed without headscarf
Tehran: The Iranian authorities have demolished the family home of Iranian sports climber Elnaz Rekabi, after she participated in international competition without wearing a headscarf. 33-year-old Elnaz Rekabi competed without a headscarf…
- Middle East
Turkey: Erdogan calls for referendum on right to wear headscarves
Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday proposed holding a referendum to establish a constitutional guarantee of the right to wear a headscarf in state institutions, schools and universities. This came…
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Watch: Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi welcomed upon her return to Tehran
Tehran: Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi received a jubilant welcome on her return to Tehran, after competing in South Korea without wearing a headscarf. 33-year-old Elnaz Rekabi competed without a headscarf or hijab…
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Iran: Billboard depicting well-known hijab-clad women disappears
Tehran: A huge image of dozens of well-known Iranian women wearing headscarf disappeared from a billboard in Tehran on Friday, after it drew criticism amid protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa…
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Turkey: Erdogan asks for freedom to wear hijab to be included in constitution
Ankara: The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the leader of the Turkish opposition, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, to work on including the issue of the headscarf in the country’s constitution, instead…
- Sports
Headscarf controversy rattles Iranian football team before FIFA World Cup
For many decades Iran has been one of the top nations of Asia in football and has produced some outstanding players. Before Cristiano Ronaldo, the player who held the world record for…
- Middle East
Iran will restrict Internet access in country until calm is restored to streets
Tehran: Iranian authorities said they will restrict Internet access in the country until calm is restored to the streets, as protests over the death of a young woman in the custody of…
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Anti-hijab protests: Iranian govt scrambles to contain unrest
Tehran: The large-scale protests against the Iranian government over the custodial death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who was arrested by the country’s notorious “morality” police for allegedly violating the strict law…
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Interview with Iran prez cancelled for refusing to wear headscarf: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour
Veteran CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour on Thursday alleged that a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, in New York, was cancelled after she refused to wear a headscarf to the interview. This…
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Iranian activist gets 3-year sentence for filming without hijab
Tehran: A 22-year-old Iranian rights activist Melika Qaragozlu has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison and 8 million tomans in fine for not complying with the country’s mandatory…
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Iran to ban Mashhad metro use for women without headscarf
Tehran: Women in Iran will be banned from taking the Mashhad metro if they are not wearing a headscarf, local media reported on Wednesday. The deputy prosecutor of Mashhad wrote to the…