The hijab is mandatory for women in the Islamic republic - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP Michael M. Santiago The hijab is mandatory for women in the ...

Fatemeh Aman is a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute who has worked as a journalist and analyst for over 20 years. The compulsory hijab law is exactly as it was, but the public mood has ...

The stricter enforcement of the mandatory hijab law by Tehran police has prompted a wave of complaints from Iranians who say police are using aggressive and sometimes violent tactics in their ...

Oppressive policies toward women in the Middle East must be combatted, scholars, leaders and activists said at a panel on women’s rights in Iran on Dec. 5. Iran currently ranks in the bottom third ...

Iran has launched a major new crackdown on women defying the country’s strict dress code, deploying large numbers of police to enforce laws requiring women to wear headscarves in public, according to ...

Tehran police said they will launch a new phase of enforcement of the mandatory hijab law from April 13 even though the new "hijab and chastity" bill has yet to be approved by the country's Guardians ...