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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/02/tehran-hijab-protest-iranian-police-arrest-29-women
Tehran hijab protest: Iranian police arrest 29 women
New wave of protests spread across country, sparking personal freedoms debate
Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent
Fri 2 Feb 2018 05.00 GMT
Police in Iran?s capital have arrested 29 women accused of being ?deceived? into joining protests against a law that makes wearing the hijab compulsory.
Women across the country have been protesting by climbing onto telecom boxes, taking off their headscarves and waving them aloft on sticks.
Although women in Iran have fought against the hijab for nearly four decades, the new wave of protests has grabbed more attention and sparked a debate rarely seen before over personal freedoms...
Tehran hijab protest: Iranian police arrest 29 women
New wave of protests spread across country, sparking personal freedoms debate
Saeed Kamali Dehghan Iran correspondent
Fri 2 Feb 2018 05.00 GMT
Police in Iran?s capital have arrested 29 women accused of being ?deceived? into joining protests against a law that makes wearing the hijab compulsory.
Women across the country have been protesting by climbing onto telecom boxes, taking off their headscarves and waving them aloft on sticks.
Although women in Iran have fought against the hijab for nearly four decades, the new wave of protests has grabbed more attention and sparked a debate rarely seen before over personal freedoms...