Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shiite Muslim women mourn during a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of Fatimah bint Muhammad, also known as Fatimah Al ...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday delivered a staunch defense of the hijab as more women flout the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code, prompting criticism from ...

Iran is trying to reimpose strict dress codes months after a wave of unrest in which women and girls removed their headscarves in protest following the death of a young woman who had been detained by ...

Last month, Iran launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country's strict Islamic dress code. Amnesty International dubbed it a war on women. The human rights group says tactics ...

The Iranian morality police are back on the streets enforcing the country’s strict Islamic dress code, authorities said Sunday. During nationwide anti-government protests last year, the morality ...

Iranian authorities are again cracking down on women breaking the country’s strict dress code as they try to reassert control after last year’s momentous protests that were rooted in demands for more ...

Some other news now - we're going to hear from two Iranian women who've spent time in prison for protesting their government's dress code. The protest began a couple of years ago when an Iranian ...

A hijab is a veil worn by certain Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family. Muslim women from 140 countries worldwide celebrate world Hijab Day on 1 February each ...

DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) - Women violating the Islamic dress code will be punished, Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday according to the official IRNA news agency, ...