Iran police disperse pro-hijab protesters outside parliament
- 30-Mar-2025
TEHRAN: Iranian police have dispersed a weeks-long sit-in by demonstrators supporting the mandatory head covering for women, state media reported, after authorities deemed the gathering illegal. The demonstrators — largely women in black full-body robes — staged the sit-in since last month outside the parliament building in Tehran. Since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, women have […]