Protesters chanting for "education, work and freedom" took to the streets in Herat after reports of hijab-related arrests. Witnesses claim Taliban forces responded with gunfire and detentions.

As people poured onto the streets in mass protests in Iran, a video of a woman dancing and throwing her headscarf on a bonfire was shared in posts falsely claiming it showed people celebrating the end ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CBC News witnessed a striking increase in the number of women going without hijab this week in Tehran, even in neighbourhoods that ...

A spate of unprecedented protests against Iran’s mandatory headscarves for women have been tiny in number, but have still reignited a debate that has preoccupied the Islamic republic since its ...

KABUL, June 9 (Reuters) - Afghan security officials dispersed a women's rights protest in the western province of Herat on Tuesday that started ‌after Taliban morality police detained women accused of ...

Mersedeh Shahinkar knows the cost of freedom. The Iranian mother and activist, now living in California, carries the permanent scar of the Islamic Republic's brutality. Mersedeh Shahinkar was with her ...

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Many women in Iran are defying the country's strict dress code by refusing to wear headscarves while out and about. Though several women told CBC News they still fear the authoritarian regime, others ...