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Iran tightens hijab laws as women's resistance grows
Iran tightens hijab laws as women's resistance grows

Iran tightens hijab laws as women’s resistance grows

Iran's parliament has approved a new hijab law imposing severe fines on women who violate dress codes. This move comes amid growing defiance and protests following Mahsa Amini's death.…
6 months ago
Iran's Pezeshkian unlikely to bring reform
Iran's Pezeshkian unlikely to bring reform

Iran’s Pezeshkian unlikely to bring reform

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won the runoff vote for Iran's presidency. He garnered 16 million votes ahead of hard-liner Saeed Jalili, who got fewer than 14 million.…
10 months ago
Iran's new president to seek 'deal with the West'
Iran's new president to seek 'deal with the West'

Iran’s new president to seek ‘deal with the West’

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian has won Iran's runoff presidential election. In his victory speech he promised to 'serve all Iranians'. In the long term, however, the president would seek a rapprochement with…
11 months ago