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Two Iranian actresses face action for not wearing hijabs in public

Leading Iranian actresses Afsaneh Bayegan and Fatemeh Motamedarya face prosecution for appearing in public without a hijab. The pair have been high profile supporters of the national uprising since the start of the protests against the Iranian regime 8 months ago.

02/05/2023

Culture news

Art and Resistance: Making murals to protest against Iran's crackdown

As the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement in Iran continues amid the fierce backlash from the government, Euronews Culture spoke to Ghazaleh Rastgar, a Persian multidisciplinary artist who's spreading her message around the globe painting murals in support of the revolution.

22/04/2023

Iran

'Threshold of revolution': Why Iran's protests are different this time

All you need to know about the Iran protests and the death of Mahsa Amini.

20/12/2022

Iran

Concerns grow for female climber from Iran who competed without hijab

Climber Elnaz Rekabi is on her way back to Iran following her appearance at the competition in South Korea.

18/10/2022

Iran

Supreme leader blames unrest on foreign plot to destabilise Iran

“This rioting was planned,” he said. “These riots and insecurities were designed by America and the Zionist regime, and their employees.”

04/10/2022

Iran

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.

24/09/2022

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.

23/09/2022

Iran

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

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

20/09/2022

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

19/09/2022

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.

17/09/2022

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'.

27/01/2022

The Cube

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.

03/11/2021

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.

12/07/2021

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.

12/05/2021

The Cube

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.

12/04/2021

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.

16/05/2019

World

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

Watch Wednesday night's full episode of Your Call.

28/02/2019

World

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

Watch Wednesday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

27/02/2019

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?

29/08/2018

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.

10/02/2018