Iranian women stand up against hijab law despite threats

More women are choosing not to wear the mandatory hijab publicly in Iran. Such open defiance of the law follows months of protests over Mahsa Amini, a woman who died in the custody of the country’s morality police for wearing her hijab too loosely.

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