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Defiance: Iran protests continue despite pro-regime rallies

After a week of anti-government protests, with hundreds arrested and dozens killed, Iran's President Raisi likened demonstrators to enemies of the state.

Iran

UN experts demand accountability for death of Mahsa Amini in Iran

According to UN Special Rapporteur, Javaid Rehman, Iran's hijab laws violate women's fundamental rights.

Iran

EU concern over woman who died after being stopped by morality police

The 22-year-old was stopped for allegedly breaking hijab rules.

Iran

Iran rebuffs US officials' comments on young woman's death

Iranians across the country have been protesting the death of a 22-year-old woman at the hands of the 'morality police', who claim no wrongdoing

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Iran

Investigation after death of Iran woman arrested by 'morality police'

The Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has ordered an investigation into the death of a young woman who was arrested by the country's so-called "morality police" for wearing an inappropriate headscarf.

France

Female footballers protest against hijab ban in Paris

"They exclude us, whereas the fundamental values of football and sport are to unite and to come together," said Founé Diawara, co-president of the collective 'Les Hijabeuses'.

Europe Decoded

Council of Europe removes hijab campaign images amid backlash

The human rights body said the tweets had been deleted while they "reflect on a better presentation" for the project.

Belgium

Headscarf debate sparked in Belgium after civil servant's resignation

The resignation of a government representative in Belgium has prompted debate in parliament over the ban on civil servants wearing religious symbols.

World

Election candidate's headscarf sows division within Macron's party

The head of La République En Marche! has criticised one of its own candidates, Sara Zemmahi, after she was pictured wearing a headscarf in a campaign poster.

Europe Decoded

Online criticism grows over French proposal to ban hijab for children

#HandsOffMyHijab: Online criticism grows over a proposed French law banning children from wearing a hijab in public spaces.

Austria

Austrian MPs vote to ban headscarves in primary schools

The law refers to ''all head-covering clothes of ideological or religious influence'', yet it doesn't apply to the Jewish kippa, or to the turban worn by Sikh men.

World

Your Call: Was France's Decathlon right to pull its 'running hijab'?

Watch Wednesday night's full episode of Your Call.

World

Raw Politics in full: May under pressure and Trump meets Kim

Watch Wednesday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

Iran

Euroviews. Compulsory hijab and the dignity of women | View

Ultimately, this is not about a piece of cloth but about a woman’s worth, her dignity. If a woman cannot determine how to dress, how can she be a responsible person? If she cannot control how to cover her head, how can she control what goes on inside her head?

World News

#Mosquemetoo: Women denounce sexual harassment during Hajj pilgrimage

#Mosquemetoo launched on Twitter to denounce the sexual harassment of Muslim women during the Hajj pilgrimage is going viral.

Iran

Movement against Iran's headscarf law gains momentum

A renewed wave of protest to get rid of the strict laws that force Iranian women to wear hijabs in public has gained momentum on social media.

United Kingdom

British L'Oreal hijab model leaves campaign after 'anti-Israel' tweets

Amena Khan would have been the first hijab model to feature in a major brand beauty campaign.

United Kingdom

Hijab-wearing model stars in L'Oreal shampoo advert

Amena Khan is a model, blogger, owner of her own beauty brand and has 570,000 followers on Instagram.

Iran

Male kabaddi coach wears headscarf to sneak into women's match in Iran

Pictures of the coach wearing the Thai team kit and makeshift headscarves in the Gorgan city stadium have circulated on social media

Cult

Former refugee becomes world's first hijab-wearing super model