Saturday's police statement on the hijab law called on owners of businesses to “seriously monitor the observance of societal norms with their diligent inspections”. Under Iran's Islamic sharia ...

Iranian women are putting an end to a veiled society and the compulsory veil,” she said. WATCH: Iran cracks down on ... was arrested by morality police in the capital Tehran and died in custody.

Iran’s morality police are resuming ... those who encourage women to take off their veil. Sunday’s decision to resume the morality police’s patrols, on top of April’s announcements ...

At least 448 people have been killed during the protests in Iran. Women in Iran will still be required to wear the hijab under Islamic Republic law, even if the country's government decides to ...

April 15 (Reuters) - People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran's deputy attorney general ...

Tehran, Iran ... veil covering hair for women – on pain of prison, flogging, or financial penalties. For decades, Iranian authorities have enforced the mandatory hijab through patrols by police ...

Iran is in the midst of countrywide ... which prohibited women from wearing *** veil or head covering in public regardless of their religion. Police would forcibly remove coverings from women ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major ... by encouraging women to avoid the veil. Already, “tens of thousands of women ...

DUBAI — A confrontation in Iran with the morality police that left a teenage girl in a coma is stoking renewed distrust and anger with the country’s leadership and attracting foreign criticism.

During election campaigning, he had vowed to “fully” oppose police patrols enforcing the mandatory hijab headscarf, as well as easing long-standing internet restrictions. Iran has over the ...

Iran and Pakistan, posted photos and video of what appeared to be a disabled truck painted with the green stripe used by Iranian police vehicles. One graphic photo shared by the group showed what ...

Iran's Guidance Patrol is under fire after protests across the country. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with an Iranian scholar Roxane Farmanfarmaian about the history of the controversial institution.