Tag: Muslim Veiling

Iran Adds Prison Time for Narges Mohammadi and Frees 2 Journalists

The Iranian regime sentenced Narges Mohammadi, the jailed human rights activist who received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, to 15 more months in prison, her family said on Monday. The news came a day after Iran released the journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi on bail while they appeal their sentences, according to state media. […]

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Armita Geravand, Iranian Teen Who Collapsed on Subway, Dies From Injuries

Armita Geravand, a 16-year-old Iranian high school student, has died weeks after she collapsed and fell into a coma following what many believe was an encounter over not covering her hair in public. Ms. Geravand’s death, nearly a month after she was believed to have been shoved by officers for not wearing a head scarf […]

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Mahsa Amini Profile: Her Family Remembers Her a Year After Her Death in Iran

Her face has lit up a billboard in Times Square, and been painted on murals in Paris and Berlin. It has been splashed on the Barcelona soccer team’s private jet and commemorated on T-shirts with the red, white and green colors of Iran’s flag. Vienna and Los Angeles have even named streets after her. At […]

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‘An Innocent and Ordinary Young Woman’

Her face has lit up a billboard in Times Square, and been painted on murals in Paris and Berlin. It has been splashed on the Barcelona soccer team’s private jet and commemorated on T-shirts with the red, white and green colors of Iran’s flag. Vienna and Los Angeles have even named streets after her. At […]

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Muslim Students’ Robes Are Latest Fault Line for French Identity

The mass French return to work, known as the “rentrée,” is often marked by renewed social conflict. This year has been no exception as the summer lull has given way to yet another battle over a recurrent national obsession: How Muslim women should dress. Late last month, with France still in vacation mode, Gabriel Attal, […]

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