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An expanded law cracking down even further on women who refuse to follow Iran’s strict dress code is awaiting one last signature before it officially comes into force. Iran’s president is facing pressure from a population that has taken its outcry against such measures to the streets many times before, and analysts warn that if he signs this law, those movements will reignite.The law, “Supporting the Family by Promoting the Culture of Chastity and Hijab,” was presented by now-deceased President Ebrahim Raisi in May 2024 and passed by Iranian lawmakers in September 2023. The law intensifies Iran’s decades-long restrictions against women’s attire and was approved just days after the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death following her arrest by Iran’s Morality Police for improper veiling. Her death sparked a nationwide protest movement,...
An expanded law cracking down even further on women who refuse to follow Iran’s strict dress code is awaiting one last signature before it officially comes into force. Iran’s president is facing pressure from a population that has taken its outcry against such measures to the streets many times before, and analysts warn that if he signs this law, those movements will reignite.The law, “Supporting the Family by Promoting the Culture of Chastity and Hijab,” was presented by now-deceased President Ebrahim Raisi in May 2024 and passed by Iranian lawmakers in September 2023. The law intensifies Iran’s decades-long restrictions against women’s attire and was approved just days after the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death following her arrest by Iran’s Morality Police for improper veiling. Her death sparked a nationwide...