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Tuesday, April 7, 2026
TopicIran hijab protests

Topic: Iran hijab protests

Iranian chess player who removed hijab & faced arrest at home gets Spanish citizenship

The 26-year-old told Reuters that she has no regrets over her gesture in support of the protest movement against her country's clerical leadership.

Iran resorts to new tactics–security cameras, ostracism–to deter women refusing to wear hijab

Iranian officials have also said morality police patrols would no longer spearhead the campaign against those flouting the dress codes.

For the regime’s eyes only: the powerful images used by protesting Iranian women

These photos draw on a longer history of Iranian women taking and sharing photos and videos of illegal actions—such as singing, dancing—to fight discrimination.

‘Feminist’ tattoo, no headscarf photo — Taraneh Alidoosti, Iranian actor backing students’ protest

Alidoosti's post last week came in the midst of ongoing protest against Iran's headscarf mandate for women, following 22-year-old Mahsa Amini's September death in custody of morality police.

Iran hijab protests response to systemic oppression. Police brutality will not deter women

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

As India gears up for Deepavali, Hindu Right press warns against ‘flare of wokism’

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindutva media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past few weeks.

Iranian woman journalist who broke news on Mahsa Amini’s death in ‘solitary confinement’

The house of Niloofar Hamedi, an Iranian journalist specialising in women's rights, was raided by intelligence agents who arrested & confiscated her belongings, her lawyer said.

On Camera

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.