For many Iranian women in the United States, the relationship between the hijab and their hair can be a complicated one. One reason could point to the lack of visibility and understanding around ...

As a result, the regime could only insist on hijab in steps, and couldn’t fully enforce mandatory compliance until 1981. Since then, as I outline in my recently published book, Iranian women ...

Less than three years after the brutal crackdown on the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police ...

The hijab remains the official law in Iran. But these days, all around the country, many women are going about their business hair uncovered. It's a vivid reminder of the public uproar and anti ...

BEIRUT — I am a hijabi and come from a religious family, but that has never stopped me from criticizing the imposition of hijab on Muslim women or fighting against those who enforce it.

There, she was strip-searched and ordered to take off her hijab, a religious head covering worn by Muslim women. Despite making multiple requests to have her hijab returned to her, she was denied ...

Authorities have made legal threats and closed down some businesses serving women not wearing the hijab. Police and volunteers issue verbal warnings in subways, airports and other public places.

A viral video posted days earlier appeared to show Rashno in public without a hijab, which Iranian women have been required by law since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Rashno appeared to be arguing ...

Considered to be obligatory in Islam, the hijab is a head covering worn by Muslim women who choose to wear it. It can be a symbol of modesty and privacy or cultural identity deeply rooted in ...

It also inspired the "Women, Life, Freedom" movement, which challenged authorities' enforcement of the hijab mandate. The ...

WATCH: Families of Americans detained in Iran pressure White House to bring loved ones home Authorities have made legal threats and closed down some businesses serving women not wearing the hijab.

Authorities have made legal threats and closed some businesses serving women not wearing the hijab. Police and volunteers issue verbal warnings in subways, airports and other public places.