Tag: Women’s Right

Protestors face 10-year jail terms under new hijab and chastity bill, which UN human rights body says is intended to suppress women into ‘total submission’ Iran’s parliament has approved a controversial new bill under which women face up to 10 years in prison if they continue to defy […]

An Iranian woman will not face charges after she stripped to her underwear in an apparent anti-hijab protest at a university in Tehran, Iranian authorities say. Earlier in November, a video went viral on social media capturing the moment the woman, named Ahoo Daryaei, undressed on a university campus […]