The move came just days after the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who had been detained by the morality police for violating the country's dress code
The Gen Z-led new wave of protests in Iran is raging against the heart of the cleric-led country’s identity – the compulsory veil – and is unlikely to fade away.
The intensifying protests in Iran over the hijab issue after Mahsa Amini died in the hands of Iran’s ‘morality police’, are just a manifestation of the simmering discontent in the civil society. Amini’s death leading to the current Iranian turmoil can be seen as a perfect example of the butterfly effect – the possibility of […]
Hyderabad: Scores of videos showing Iranian women chopping off their hair and burning their hijab are doing rounds on social media. For the unversed, they are doing it as part of their protest over the death of a 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini, who allegedly suffered a heart attack after she was taken into custody by […]