Hijab

Iran's Islamic regime continues war against secular entertainment industry

Tehran steps up its cultural crackdown, targeting cafes and theaters over mandatory hijab rules, 'vulgar' music, and on-stage contact.

A woman holds an Iranian flag near an anti-U.S. billboard depicting US President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran Monday, 25th May 2026
Students walk through the school of the "Our Lady of Visitation" Catholic church in the Palestinian town of Zababdeh in the northern West Bank, on April 10, 2025.

Islamist group campaigns against Christian West Bank school over hijab restriction on deaf student

Iranian women wearing hijab walk down a street in the capital Tehran on February 7, 2018.

Iran’s judiciary chief demands crackdown on hijab compliance, claims 'nudity' distresses patriots

Students at Tehran’s Allameh Tabataba'i University protest against the compulsory hijab, September 28, 2026.

Iranian students protest compulsory hijab, university costs as campus unrest returns


Could Iran’s new hijab law bring down Khamenei?

IRGC founder tells 'Post': "The Islamic regime in Iran has been defeated, they failed."

 Pro-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration staged in support of the Islamic Republic's mandatory hijab laws in Tehran on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Swiss 'burqa ban' to take effect from Jan. 1

The ban does not apply to planes or in diplomatic and consular premises, and faces may also be covered in places of worship and other sacred sites, the government said.

 A woman wearing a burqa sits on the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021.

Iranian woman strips clothes in protest after being assaulted for improperly wearing hijab - report

University officials claimed that the woman was suffering from "severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder."

 The young woman who stripped in protest after allegedly being assaulted for improperly wearing a hijab.

Two years after Mahsa Amini’s death, women defy Iran’s hijab law despite crackdown

Protests continue in Iran as women resist mandatory hijab laws, marking the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Iranian police shoot, paralyze woman over hijab law violation

Police had been ordered to impound the car of 31-year-old Arezou Badri as she had been seen driving with her hair exposed - but fired on the car when she refused to stop.

 Iran's police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

'Tatami'’s Israeli director and Iranian screenwriter discuss historic collaboration

“I knew that as an Israeli, as an Ashkenazi Jew, I cannot tell a story about Iranian women. It would be a mistake. It’s not for me to tell alone."

 A SCENE from ‘Tatami.’

Muslim-majority Tajikistan approves hijab ban - interview

This measure comes as part of a wider policy in the totalitarian state in an attempt to harness and restrain Islamic tendencies in a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

'Take this hijab and shove it': Bill Maher slams hypocrisy in 'gender apartheid' speech

Bill Maher critiques selective outrage among activists, urging them to address gender apartheid and human rights abuses often overlooked by Western protests.

 Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party during the 94th Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, California, US, March 27, 2022. Uploaded on 2/6/2024

Iran's hijab crackdown 'sign of regime's weakness,' party representative tells TML

Passed last month after a lengthy delay following the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests, a new law in Iran increases punishments for women who don’t wear the hijab.

 February 1 marks World Hijab Day. (Illustrative).

Sexual assault and brutal beatings: Iran renews violent hijab crackdown

Videos from Iran showed women struggling as "Morality Police" officers tried to shove them into vans in widespread arrests.

 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023