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May 3, 2021 Share It’s a men’s-only club in the tangle of auto repair shops on the traffic-clogged streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran. Among them, workers toil in dim garages, welding and wrenching, fabricating and painting. That’s until Maryam Roohani, 34, pops up from under a car’s hood at a maintenance shop in northeastern Tehran, her dirt- and grease-stained uniform pulled over black jeans and long hair tucked into a baseball cap — which in her work, replaces Iran’s compulsory Islamic headscarf for women, or hijab. Buffing a blue BMW sedan in the shop until it shines,...

At Tehran garage, Iranian woman polishes cars and her dreams MOHAMMAD NASIRI, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Iranian car detailer Maryam Roohani polishes a car at a detailing shop in Tehran, Iran, April 18, 2021. Roohani has battled skeptics and stereotypes to live out her dream of working as a professional detailer. The auto industry remains male-dominated around the world, let alone in the tradition-bound Islamic Republic. Still Iranian women, especially in the cities, have made inroads over the years.Vahid Salemi/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9Female Iranian car detaile...

Maryam Roohani faced a string of obstacles on her professional path, from her relatives’ displeasure to sabotage by resentful male colleagues.

At a garage in Iran’s capital Tehran, a female car polisher has battled sceptics and stereotypes to live out her dream of working as a professional detailer. Maryam Roohani grew up in a rural, tribal village in Iran’s north east, where women are married off after puberty. She faced a string of obstacles on her professional path, from her relatives’ displeasure to sabotage by resentful male colleagues. But she overcame those challenges and now cleans and polishes cars at a prominent Tehran auto shop, and trains other female car enthusiasts to do the same. Maryam Roohani polishes a car at...

Tehran, Iran It’s a men’s-only club in the tangle of auto repair shops on the traffic-clogged streets of Iran’s capital, Tehran. Among them, workers toil in dim garages, welding and wrenching, fabricating, and painting. That’s until Maryam Roohani pops up from under a car’s hood at a maintenance shop in northeastern Tehran, her dirt- and grease-stained uniform pulled over black jeans and long hair tucked into a baseball cap – which in her work, replaces Iran’s compulsory Islamic headscarf for women, or hijab. Buffing a blue BMW sedan in the shop until it shines, she couldn’t b...