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Iran’s Tehran Headquarters announced plans for a "hijab removal treatment clinic" to provide "scientific and psychological ...

The announcement was made by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department at Tehran’s Headquarters for ...

Videos show the woman arguing with security forces in Tehran after removing some of her clothes in an apparent protest of the ...

In contrast, the Islamic Republic of Iran has mandated the hijab since ... Opponents of laws banning the hijab maintain that ...

In Iran, plans for a "deprivation clinic" for women who do not adhere to the strict dress code are being pushed forward. The ...

The Iranian state is planning to open a treatment clinic for women who flout the mandatory hijab laws that require them to ...

The move has been described as ‘chilling’ by activists and rights groups as arrests mount over dress code breaches.

The mental health clinic is seen as a project to promote “dignity, modesty, chastity, and hijab”. Darestani however also mentioned that it is up to women to visit the clinic and it is not mandatory.

The ‘Clinic for Quitting Hijab Removal’ will be for the scientific and psychological treatment of removing the hijab, ...

Iranian women who resist wearing the hijab are to be given treatment at a specialist mental health clinic in Tehran.