by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2022 The ruling clerics’ decades-long effort to ensure Iran stays on a strict Islamic path is facing its greatest threat yet as protests against the regime which call for more freedom continue nationwide. Though they risk the full force of the law, the protests in Iran “against the core values underpinning the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2022 Protests sparked by the alleged killing of 22-year-old Jina ‘Mahsa’ Amini have spurred Iran’s ruling clerics to reportedly soften their strict enforcement of the law requiring women to cover their heads in public. Iran has decided to disbanded the so-called morality police, Attorney General Mohammad-Jafar Montazeri said, adding that the law […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 10, 2022 Eight months after Joe Biden ceded control of Afghanistan to the Taliban, the terror organization now running the country has ordered women to cover themselves head-to-toe while in public. “Those women who are not too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2018 Iranian police have arrested 29 women who removed their hijabs in the latest wave of protests against the country’s strict modesty laws. The protests are part of what organizers are calling the “White Wednesdays” movement where women take to the streets without wearing the required Islamic veils. The Islamic […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 29, 2018 “The girl of Enghelab Street,” whose stand in Teheran last month against wearing the mandatory head scarf went viral on social media, has been released after being held in detention, a human rights lawyer said. The woman, whose name has not been made public, has been released by Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is questioning the authority of the 7,000 undercover “Morality Police” who are tasked with reporting women for not wearing a full Islamic hijab and citizens who play loud music in their cars. Rouhani said such decisions should not be made by the government. “Our first duty is to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iranians have takne to social media to blast the country’s new 7,000-strong network of morality police. “Even KGB did not have 7,000 spies across the world,” a citizen tweeted. Related: Saudi religious police ordered to be ‘kinder, gentler’, April 14, 2016 Teheran’s police chief announced on April 18 that the new unit […]
