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Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown

Summary by Radio Free Europe/ RadioLiberty

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has established a new unit in Tehran to enforce religious dress codes amid a fresh crackdown (called the "Light Initiative") on women not wearing a hijab, or head scarf. Calling its members "Ambassadors of Kindness," the unit has issued cheery music videos showing girls happily receiving head scarves. But footage emerging on social media reveals a different picture of Iranian women without a hijab…

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Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown

Video evidence shows multiple arrests after regime launched new draconian campaign against women and girlsHarrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules have been brutally enforced since the country’s drone strikes on Israel on 13 April.A new campaign, called Noor (“light” in Persian), was announced the same day the Iran…

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Radio Free Europe/ RadioLiberty

Iran's 'Ambassadors Of Kindness' Enforce Hijab In New Head Scarf Crackdown

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Protesters Secure Release Of Woman Arrested In Tehran Over Hijab

Protesters gathered at the Haft-e-Tir metro station in Tehran following the arrest of a woman over her defiance against Iran's mandatory hijab, successfully securing her release.

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