The ban does not apply to planes or in diplomatic and consular premises, and faces may also be covered in places of worship and other sacred sites, the government said.
University officials claimed that the woman was suffering from "severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder."
Protests continue in Iran as women resist mandatory hijab laws, marking the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death
Police had been ordered to impound the car of 31-year-old Arezou Badri as she had been seen driving with her hair exposed - but fired on the car when she refused to stop.
“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.
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