Iran held its first parliamentary election since the 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws following Mahsa Amini's death in police custody. Iranian officials encouraged voter turnout, but polling ...

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Iranian journalist ...

(Jakarta) – The Indonesian government should better enforce a revised state school uniform regulation to protect girls and women from being required to wear the hijab, Human Rights Watch said today.

A top Iranian official has said that the nation’s mandatory hijab law is being reviewed, as state media played down the same official’s claim that the country’s much-feared morality police force had ...