Uncovered and Unbowed, Women Keep Iran’s Protests Alive
International Women’s Day is particularly resonant for defiant Iranians ditching their hijabs after the recent revolt against the regime.
An Iranian woman walks on the streets of Tehran without a mandatory headscarf.
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One sunny morning in Tehran, Neda was about to leave her apartment when she decided to make an extraordinary change to a very ordinary day. She walked out of her front door without covering her hair.
It was October, just weeks after the biggest protests since the Islamic Revolution erupted following the death in custody of Mahsa Zhina Amini, a young woman arrested by the religious police for allegedly violating the dress code. Neda had some errands to do.