Bill Maher called actor Jon Cryer "crazy woke" after he refused to judge the strict dress code for women in the Islamic ...

A female Iranian singer who refused to wear a hijab and was arrested for not adhering to the strict Islamic dress code has been freed on bail for £560,000. Singer Parastoo Ahmadi appeared in a ...

Another female singer has challenged Iran's strict Islamic dress code by posting video of herself performing without a head scarf. Hana Kamkar is the second singer to publish a concert video that ...

A young woman stripped to her underwear at an Iranian university on Saturday, reportedly in protest against Iran’s strict ...

In late 2022, a wave of protests erupted following the death in custody of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurd Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic dress code. The months ...

Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, women have been required to wear chadors or loose-fitting overgarments known as manteaus as part of a compulsory dress code. But norms have changed dramatically ...

a doctoral student at Tehran’s Azad University who was arrested for stripping down to her underwear to protest Iran’s Islamic dress code (image courtesy Hamed Shamloo) The hashtag galvanized a ...

An Iranian court on Monday freed on bail a female singer who performed in an online concert two weeks ago without adhering to the strict Islamic dress code, local media reported. "Singer Parastoo ...

While police became hesitant to strictly enforce the Islamic dress code — possibly to avoid even wider demonstrations and displays of defiance — in recent weeks the authorities’ tone has ...