“I knew that as an Israeli, as an Ashkenazi Jew, I cannot tell a story about Iranian women. It would be a mistake. It’s not for me to tell alone."
This measure comes as part of a wider policy in the totalitarian state in an attempt to harness and restrain Islamic tendencies in a country bordering Iran and Afghanistan.
Bill Maher critiques selective outrage among activists, urging them to address gender apartheid and human rights abuses often overlooked by Western protests.
Passed last month after a lengthy delay following the ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests, a new law in Iran increases punishments for women who don’t wear the hijab.
Videos from Iran showed women struggling as "Morality Police" officers tried to shove them into vans in widespread arrests.
The preliminary class action settlement covers men and women required to remove religious attire before being photographed.
Meanwhile, several schools in Paris closed their gates Wednesday after receiving bomb threats allegedly from Islamists.
Numbers show that 73% of Iranians want a separation between state and religion.
The punishment for not wearing a hijab is largely financial, although there are new systems to report women not complying with hijab rules to the morality police.
While some countries enforce the mandatory wearing of traditional headwear, several European countries have banned it or are considering banning it in certain public areas.
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