Statements by Iranian Officials Who’ve Criticized the State’s Forced Hijab Policy
As the government of President Ebrahim Raisi, a devoted soldier of unelected “supreme leader” Ali Khamenei, works to implement stricter enforcement ...
Tag : forced hijab
August 23, 2022
Sepideh Rashnoo: Latest Target of Raisi Government’s Campaign of Repression
*Editor's Note: Sepideh Rashnoo was released on bail on August 30, 2022, while she awaits her trial. August 23, 2022 – Charges filed against a woman in Iran, Sepideh Rashnoo, after she was accosted by another woman who accused ...
September 25, 2019
Iran Arrests Activist Masih Alinejad’s Brother Amid Crusade to Silence Citizens Based Abroad
September 25, 2019 – Against a backdrop of an ongoing campaign aimed at silencing foreign-based activists, agents of Iran’s Intelligence Ministry arrested the brother of prominent U.S.-based activist Masih Alinejad, she announced on Twitter. “The state’s systematic ...
August 19, 2019
Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law
At Least 12 People Sentenced to Prison Since January 2018 August 19, 2019 – Mounting arrests and prison sentences have not enabled Iran's government to achieve broad public compliance with the country's mandatory hijab law, or ...
April 12, 2019
Anti-Compulsory Hijab Protester, Mother in Widely Shared Tehran Metro Video Both Arrested
Activist Yasaman Aryani was arrested in Tehran on April 10, 2019, after appearing in a widely shared video of women peacefully protesting Iran’s ...
September 28, 2018
Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami Refusing Food and Medication in Desperate Protest
Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami has intensified his hunger strike against his unjust imprisonment by refusing ...
September 25, 2018
Hunger-Striking Activist Farhad Meysami Refuses To Be Hospitalized in Shackles
Despite his worsening condition, hunger-striking detainee Farhad Meysami refused to be transferred to a hospital ...
September 19, 2018
Rouhani Should Be Called to Account for Human Rights Abuses in Iran at UN Gathering
Mobile Billboard with Photos of Iran’s Political Prisoners to Circle UN Headquarters During Meetings September 19, 2018—As President Hassan Rouhani comes to NY to attend the ...
August 3, 2018
Iranian Parliamentary Group Reports Drop in Support For Strict Hijab
Conservative-Dominated Parliament Compiles Data Showing Failure of State’s Hijab Policy Iran’s Parliamentary Research Center (PRC) has released a report showing decreasing support among the ...
July 9, 2018
Facing 20-Year Prison Sentence for Taking Headscarf Off in Public, Woman Flees Iran
“Due to the Injustices of Iran’s Judicial System I Had to Leave Iran” Draconian Sentences Demonstrate the Authorities’ Cultural Tyranny July 10, 2018—Shaparak Shajarizadeh, one ...
March 12, 2018
Prominent Iranian Human Rights Lawyer to Appeal Hijab Protester’s Prison Sentence
Narges Hosseini smiles for the camera after being released on bail from Gharchak Prison in ...
March 12, 2018
Shirin Ebadi: Iranian Law “Deliberately Silent” on the Hijab to Leave Room for Harsh Sentencing
Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. Iranian law is ...
February 6, 2018
Woman Arrested For Removing Hijab in Tehran Refuses to Repent Despite Facing 10 Years in Prison
Narges Hosseini, who was arrested for protesting Iran’s compulsory hijab, refused to appear in court to face charges punishable by up to ...