Iranian law mandates conservative dress for women in public. There were massive nationwide protests after a young woman died in "morality" police custody in 2022 for allegedly dressing improperly.
  • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
    15·
    1 个月前

    Despite Pezeshkian’s moderate position on the issue of hijab, observers say he has little power to stop security forces who have used the war with Israel last June as a pretext to carry out mass arrests of ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to human rights groups.