Hijab

Iran shuts water park, other businesses for allowing women entry without hijab

The closure is part of stepped-up measures by authorities over the past few months against women and businesses who fail to observe the Islamic Republic's strict dress code.

Top French court upholds ban on wearing hijab during football matches

Football's world governing body FIFA lifted a similar ban on female footballers wearing the hijab more than a decade ago

Promoting anti-hijab movement now a crime in Iran

Iran's deputy attorney general announced on Saturday that people who encourage women to go out in public without hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right to appeal against any conviction

Iran to hunt down women without hijab using cameras in public spaces

According to a statement released by the police, the monitoring system has been introduced to 'prevent resistance against the hijab laws'. The statement added that any defiance of the country's dress code 'tarnishes Iran's spiritual image and spreads insecurity'

WATCH: Man pours yoghurt on Iranian women for not wearing hijab

Iranian authorities ordered the arrest of two women, the judiciary said Saturday, after a viral video appeared to show them being attacked by a man for not wearing the hijab

Women flouting hijab mandate to face $60,000 fine in Iran

The penalties will apply to women who are caught flouting the mandatory hijab rule in public spaces like restaurants, government offices, schools and universities

Veiled protest: Iran orders woman pharmacists to wear hijab, male colleagues join in too, but for mockery

Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Health, ordered pharmacies to force their female staff to wear black veils at workplace

Iran: 2 protesters hanged for killing paramilitary soldier

Two men were executed in Iran on Saturday after being found guilty of killing a paramilitary officer during protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman

Taliban order NGOs to stop women staff from working over 'hijab'

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about their dress code, the economy ministry said on Saturday.

Hijab Protests: Iran court awards death sentence to protesters, appeal of 1 accepted

The court initially said it had accepted the appeals of both protesters, but later the judiciary's news outlet, Mizan, said the public relations acof the Supreme Court of Iran had changed its report