Woman shot while police in Iran were seizing her car
By Jon Gambrell | Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — On a darkened road beside the Caspian Sea, Iranian police officers opened fire last month on a 31-year-old woman …
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JAMB says candidate accosted over hijab finished exam %
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said the candidate who faced discrimination over the use of hijab at a Lagos centre where she sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination …
Iran to reintroduce ban on women from entering stadiums: Reports
Tehran: A stadium ban for women is to be reintroduced in Iran, multiple local news reports said on Wednesday. The reports said that the Iranian FA has ordered the ban …
American porn star angers Iran exiles after social media posts about trip to Tehran
An American porn actor on Monday faced accusations of promoting propaganda for Iran’s government after boasting on social media about a trip to the Islamic republic from where she posted …
Afghanistan’s Taliban enforcing restrictions on single, unaccompanied women, UN report says
The Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or don’t have a male guardian, according to a UN report published on Monday. …
In latest blow to Afghan women’s rights, Taliban make arrests over ‘bad hijab’ in dress code crackdown
The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday. It’s the first official confirmation of …
Mahsa Amini’s family blocked from leaving Iran for posthumous EU human rights prize
The family of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian Kurdish woman who died in custody, have been banned from travelling to France to collect a top rights prize awarded posthumously, their lawyer …
Iranian teen dies after alleged assault over hijab on metro
Iranian girl Armita Geravand (Photo: X) Tehran: A 16-year-old Iranian girl, Armita Geravand who was hospitalised and was in coma for weeks after an incident on Tehran’s Metro while she …
After protests, Iran’s morality police return to the streets
By Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the …
Iran sentences woman for ‘hijab violation’ after tracking her via CCTV
Representative image Tehran: The Iranian authorities have sentenced a woman to prison for violating the hijab after being tracked via a ‘smart’ CCTV camera. According to the Human Rights Activists …