Hijab

Iran establishes Tehran court for ‘moral security’ as it tightens monitoring of hijab compliance

BBC Persian reported that the announcement comes amid the renewed presence of morality police and heightened street harassment of women perceived to be violating Iran’s compulsory dress code.

Women walk past shops at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on August 8, 2026.
Iranian singer Anita Papist seen singing in a social media video posted on July 18, 2026.

Iranian singer Anita Papist sentenced to 74 lashes for ‘offending public decency’ by singing

PORTRAIT IMAGE of Parastoo Ahmadi, Iranian folk and traditional singer.

Iran sentences singer Parastoo Ahmadi, eight others to lashings over performance without hijab

FILE PHOTO: Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

UN says Taliban arrest 30 women for violating hijab rules in Afghanistan


How has the internet reacted to the death of Mahsa Amini?

The official Twitter account of the State of Israel recently issued a response to the death of Mahsa Amini at the hand of the Guidance Patrol of Iran for wearing her Hijab incorrectly.

Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

Protests in Iran challenge regime after woman killed by police

Iran’s regime has tried to claim that she suffered from a heart condition. However, she was young, and protesters do not accept this explanation.

Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

Iran's Khamenei says Western enemies stoking anti-hijab protests

"The enemies' goal is to spread doubt among the people... and shake their faith, which is the main factor in maintaining the country and the Islamic system," Khamenei said

Women shop in a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

Iranian women take to the streets to protest hijab laws

The protests come as officials and businesses crackdown on Iranian women who fail to wear hijab.

An Iranian woman adjusts her hijab as she stands in front of a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while attending a rally in Tehran

Muslim women divided as dueling hijab and no-hijab days approach

The ninth annual World Hijab Day will be marked on February 1. While some see it as a welcome initiative to fight Islamophobia, others expressed discontent as the custom is imposed on them.

 Farzana Sayach's first grade class in a Teheran elementary school, 1989.

We must listen to Iranian feminists who protest forced hijab - opinion

There is nothing Islamophobic about supporting a woman’s right to choose.

 An Iranian woman wears jewelry on her hijab as she attends a ceremony to mark National Chastity and Hijab Day in Tehran.

French interior min. insists on right of public religious dress

Darmanin insisted that religious dress be allowed in public during dedication of restored graves vandalized in antisemitic attack in 2015.

French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin places a stone on a recently restored gravestone

Jewish teacher accused of forcibly removing a student’s hijab at NJ school

The teacher allegedly told the girl, who is Muslim, to take off her hijab in front of her class.

Girl wearing a hijab, illustrative

Quebec court upholds law banning Jewish religious symbols in workplace

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, a Jewish advocacy organization, said in a statement Tuesday that it was “deeply disappointed” by the ruling.

A church in Middlesboro, Kentucky, prays to a Star of David in a still from Maya Zinshtein's documentary "'Til Kingdom Come."

Iran's Khamenei decrees that female cartoon characters must wear hijab

The supreme leader was answering a question posed by a Telegram user, asking if observing compulsory hijab is necessary for characters in animated features.

Girl wearing a hijab, illustrative