Returning to the subject of Muslim women’s experiences and struggles, both Sunni and Shia legislators mandate that a Muslim girl must start wearing hijab as soon as she turns 9 years old.

The Iranian regime continues to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of citizens across the country, and this is to crush ...

Though suspended in December 2024 after an internal debate, Iran’s draft law “Hijab and Chastity” looms as a severe threat for women and girls in the country. If enacted, the law would ...

However, in all the cases cited above, the girls, some of whom come from orthodox Muslim families and wear hijab, tackled the challenges and ended up playing the beautiful game. And with every ...

Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's ...

A U.N. fact-finding mission into Iran's treatment of women reported that the Islamic republic was resorting to extreme ...

“Two and a half years after the protests began in September 2022, women and girls in Iran continue to ... to the enforcement of the mandatory hijab,” the report said. “The state is ...