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More Iranian women are choosing not to wear the head covering called the hijab. Since the early years of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, women have been required to cover their heads by law. In recent weeks, the government has increased efforts to enforce its law requiring women to wear the hijab.

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Iran Vice President Mohammad Dehghan says that without the "symbol" of compulsory hijab for women, the Islamic Republic "would not have much of a meaning".

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Iran has summoned Iraq's ambassador to protest the presence of Iranian opposition groups at an official ceremony in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

Today, despite the ongoing inhumane executions and widespread arrests, the people of Zahedan once again took to the streets after Friday prayers.

The U.S. military will work to bolster defenses in the Persian Gulf region following Iran's seizure and harassment of commercial shipping vessels in recent months, U.S. officials said.

The family of a Frenchman released after he had been jailed by Iran said on May 13 he was "relieved" to be back in France.