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Women protest against compulsory hijab in Iran

Social media postings have shown at least five women in Iran protesting against the obligatory Muslim headscarf by taking theirs off and waving them on sticks.

Women protest against compulsory hijab in Iran

Mon, 29 Jan, 2018 - 20:49

Social media postings have shown at least five women in Iran protesting against the obligatory Muslim headscarf by taking theirs off and waving them on sticks.

The videos and photos show individual women in separate locations in Tehran and Isfahan.

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