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“Because it’s Iran. And I have to live here.”  That was the explanation offered by a young woman in Tehran earlier this week when she was asked why she declined to do an anonymous, audio-only interview with a CBC News journalist from abroad.  What she wasn’t afraid to do, however, …

छत्रपति संभाजीनगर2 घंटे पहले कॉपी लिंक फोटो मेटा AI जनरेटेड है… छत्रपति संभाजीनगर के इंजीनियरिंग कॉलेज के प्रिंसिपल को लड़कियों को हिजाब पहनने की परमिशन नहीं देने पर छह लोगों ने कॉलेज में घुसकर धमकाया। पुलिस ने इन सभी अज्ञात व्यक्तियों के खिलाफ आपराधिक धमकी का मामला दर्ज किया है। …

A Winnipeg woman is speaking out after she was forced to remove her hijab while trying to board a Flair Airlines flight. Kazi Amin flew to Bangladesh with her husband and children to visit their family. On her return flight, she had to change planes at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Amin cleared …

The face of Tehran has been undergoing an extraordinary transformation in recent months, some neighbourhoods seeming to channel Beirut as much as the capital of the Islamic Republic where headscarves — or hijabs — have been mandatory for women for 45 years. Less than three years after the brutal crackdown …

Editor’s Note: This article contains disturbing details that could trigger and upset some readers. Discretion is advised.  It’s been more than 20 years since Lily Pourzand fled her home, fearing persecution for her work in support of women’s rights and seeking safety outside the country that imprisoned her parents. Her …