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

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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.

So they fear that giving in to demands from women to dress as they wish could be the first nail not only in the coffin of the ...