The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has called on Syrians to resist the emerging rebel-led government after the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad, saying the uprising was ...

In Damascus's Ummayad Square, hundreds gathered Thursday ... One young man wearing keffiyeh scarf and dark glasses held a hand-written sign saying, "No free nation without free women", while ...

Iran has paused the implementation of a new, stricter law requiring women to wear the hijab, an official said, with many observers believing that the bill could have sparked mass protests similar ...

It is prohibited for a woman to sing and dance in public. But at the centre of this systematic oppression is the compulsory hijab law. In the aftermath of the countrywide women-led protests of ...

Screenshot from Parastoo Ahmadi YouTube Parastoo Ahmadi, a 27-year-old Iranian singer, was released from custody after her arrest for performing without a hijab during an online concert.

Iran's "hijab and chastity law" proposes penalties for women, even prison sentences up to 15 years The "hijab and chastity law" in Iran proposes stricter penalties for girls and women who do not ...

Square is one of the most popular point-of-sale (POS) systems on the market because of its forever-free subscription plan that lets merchants start selling and accepting payments easily. However ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Iranian women, without wearing their mandatory Islamic headscarves, walk in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday ...

The likely king of Times Square’s billboard jungle can be found at the northeast corner of West 47th Street and Seventh Avenue. There, a six-story sign that can be seen as far south as 42nd ...

On Thursday, the judiciary had filed a case regarding Ahmady’s concert performance, in which she performed wearing a long black sleeveless and collarless dress, but no hijab. She was accompanied ...