The organizers “did not take these warnings seriously” and violated “public decency,” a public prosecutor told state media.

The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to ...

ORGANISERS of an Iranian marathon have been arrested by morality police for allowing women to race with their hair uncovered.

The marathon took place on Kish Island off the southern coast of Iran and around 2,000 women and 3,000 men competed in the ...

In many cities around the world, change often starts quietly. It begins with small acts that would seem ordinary anywhere else. In Tehran, those acts stand out in a very different way.

Supreme leader tells women that those who wear the headscarf 'can progress more than others,' after conservatives accuse ...

More Iranian women are choosing to forgo the country's mandatory hijab. This shift was unthinkable just a few years ago in ...

As Iranian women defy the law and let their hair down, Tehran's conservative wing sounds alarm to judiciary, says it 'cannot ...

Iranian authorities arrested two Kish marathon organisers after images surfaced of women competing without mandatory hijabs, sparking ultraconservative criticism. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Paniz Faryoussefi, who made history last week as the first woman to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, says she hopes her ...

The Iranian judiciary on December 6 said it has arrested two organizers of a marathon after some women competed in the event without wearing required hijabs, the Islamic headscarf that covers the head ...

Galvanized by the movement that emerged after the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022, more and more filmmakers are dating ...