anti-hijab protests

Iran arrested a prominent actor Saturday after she voiced support for the three month old protest movement triggered by the death of a woman in custody, Iranian media reported Saturday.Taraneh Alidoosti, 38, was detained for “publishing false and distorted...

Iran’s intelligence ministry says it has arrested nine foreigners over recent anti-hijab protests sweeping the country.In a statement carried by the state-run news agency IRNA, the ministry said Friday that those arrested included citizens of Germany, Poland, Italy, France,...

Protesters across Iran continued to clash violently with security forces early on Friday following the death of a young woman in police custody, as Iranian state TV suggested the death toll from the unrest could be as high as...

Women have been at the forefront of escalating protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of a woman detained for breaking hijab laws, media reports said. Crowds cheered when women burned their hijabs on a bonfire in...