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Nobel Peace Prize: Know who is Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian activist jail
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Mohammadi (51), who has been a defiant voice for women's rights in Iran, has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison and has been banned from seeing her husband and children.
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Months after nationwide arrests, Iran’s ‘morality police’ returns with str
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Months after the nationwide arrests that were carried out after the Anti-Hijab protests, Iran has relaunched patrols by the ‘morality police’ in a bid to escalate their efforts to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab rules, Al Jazeera reported.
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Iran arrests prominent actress Taraneh Alidoosti for supporting anti-hijab
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Alidoosti had condemned the hanging of Mohsen Shekari, who was killed in December in the first known execution linked to the protests.
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Turkish singer Melek Mosso chops off hair to show support to anti-hijab pr
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 29 (ANI): Turkish singer Melek Mosso has come forward to show support to Iranian women protesting over the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Mass protests in Iran over death of Mahsa Amini may assume dimensions of s
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], September 26 (ANI): For more than a week, mass protests are being held in more than 80 towns and cities across the 31 provinces of Iran over the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman called Mahsa Amini, who died shortly after she was arrested by the hated morality police of
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Anti-Hijab protests: Fifth Iranian paramilitary member killed as President
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], September 26 (ANI): Fifth Iranian paramilitary volunteer group member died on Sunday in a clash with the anti- Hijab protesters as the country's President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to deal "decisively" with the demonstrators who came to the streets to protest against the death of
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US journalist denied interview with Iran President for not wearing hijab
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], September 23 (ANI): Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday cancelled the scheduled interview with the US journalist as she refused to wear a hijab for the interaction.
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Karnataka Police undertake route march in Shivamogga as precautionary meas
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], February 13 (ANI): With Karnataka schools set to reopen from Monday, police on Sunday undertook a route march in Shivamogga as a precautionary measure amid the ongoing hijab controversy in the state.
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BJP wants to erase all symbols of Muslims like Hijab, says Mehbooba Mufti
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], February 13 (ANI): Amid the hijab protests, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the BJP wants to erase all 'symbols' of Muslims like Hijab.
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Precautionary measures to be taken to prevent any untoward incident, Law a
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 11 (ANI): As the schools gear up for re-opening from February 14 amid the ongoing Hijab row in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday instructed the Superintendents of Police (SP) and District Collectors (DC) to visit prominent
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Some people indulging in communal, criminal competition to spread misinfor
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): In a veiled attack at Congress amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said some people have decided in indulge in "communal and criminal competition" to misinform people on the uniform.
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Students wearing Hijab allowed on college campus as courtesy, Karnataka Ed
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], February 7 (ANI): Karnataka State Primary and High School Education Minister BC Nagesh on Monday said that the students wearing hijab in Kundapura were allowed to enter college premises as a "courtesy" while maintaining that complying with uniform code is a must.
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