Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shiite Muslim women mourn during a ceremony commemorating the death anniversary of Fatimah bint Muhammad, also known as Fatimah Al ...

Iran is trying to reimpose strict dress codes months after a wave of unrest in which women and girls removed their headscarves in protest following the death of a young woman who had been detained by ...

Iranian authorities are again cracking down on women breaking the country’s strict dress code as they try to reassert control after last year’s momentous protests that were rooted in demands for more ...

DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) - Women violating the Islamic dress code will be punished, Iran's Judiciary Chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said on Monday according to the official IRNA news agency, ...

Last month, Iran launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country's strict Islamic dress code. Amnesty International dubbed it a war on women. The human rights group says tactics ...

Protests have erupted across Iran in recent days after a 22-year-old woman died while being held by the morality police for violating the country’s strictly enforced Islamic dress code. The death of ...