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Tuesday December 5th

Lilly Ward


Just days after the one year anniversary of the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, Iran’s parliament has approved a new Hijab and Chasity Bill that delineates stricter punishments for failure to adhere to the Islamic dress code (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/“Mahsa Amini Protest - 8 October 2022 - Parliament Square, London” by Alisdare Hickson. October 8, 2022). 
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Iran doubles down on Islamic dress code one year after Mahsa Amini’s death

A year after Mahsa Amini’s death, protesters in Iran are still chanting her name. Just days after the one year anniversary of the death of a young Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, Iran’s parliament has approved a new Hijab and Chasity Bill that delineates stricter punishments for failure to adhere to the Islamic dress code. Those with more than four violations of the dress code could face up to 10 years in prison. 

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