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Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"Last year, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini fell victim to them for allegedly violating the dress code and died while in custody under suspicious circumstances. Her death sparked a nationwide uprising in which thousands of women took to the streets to protest longstanding inequality. Their rallying call, 'Woman, Life, Freedom,' struck a chord worldwide" (para 4-5).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1

"Now, more than a year later, women are defying compulsory hijab on an unprecedented level, most often at significant risk to their lives and livelihoods. Dr. Rajaei-Rad is one of them. The footage of her receiving the award with her hair uncovered went viral, and two days after the ceremony, her medical license was revoked. The authorities did not leave it at that. They summoned the event planners to a correction facility for interrogation and ousted the president of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Amol, where Dr. Rajaei-Rad was employed" (para 6-7). "Such incidents have driven Iranian women to protest the hijab laws by appearing in public with their hair uncovered...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1

"In Iran, where Dr. Rajaei-Rad lives, hijab laws mandate women to cover their hair in public" (para 4).
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"'Improper veiling' can have harsh consequences if one runs into the so-called morality police. Last year, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini fell victim to them for allegedly violating the dress code and died while in custody under suspicious circumstances" (para 4). "The footage of her receiving the award with her hair uncovered went viral, and two days after the ceremony, her medical license was revoked. The authorities did not leave it at that. They summoned the event planners to a correction facility for interrogation and ousted the president of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Amol, where Dr. Rajaei-Rad was employed. The repercussions reached a point where the young doctor was compelled to make...more
Dec. 11, 2024, 11:26 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: CLCW-PRACTICE-1

"I am aware she traveled to Iran last year to attend her father’s funeral. As she is married to a fellow Iranian, she will have needed her husband’s legal permission to leave the country upon returning to the U.S" (para 14).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-3

"The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public. The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer 'scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal'" (para 1-2). "Sima Sabet, a UK-based Iranian journalist who was a target of an Iranian assassination attempt last year, said the move is “shameful”, adding that: 'The idea of establishing clinics to...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-2

"Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi said that the idea of a clinic to treat women who did not comply with hijab laws is ‘neither Islamic and nor is it aligned with Iranian law’. He also said it was alarming that the statement came from the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which falls under the direct authority of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei" (para 5). "One young woman from Iran, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: 'It won’t be a clinic, it will be a prison. We are struggling to make ends meet and have power outages,...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public" (para 1). "Iranian women and human rights groups have expressed outrage at the announcement. Sima Sabet, a UK-based Iranian journalist who was a target of an Iranian assassination attempt last year, said the move is “shameful”, adding that: 'The idea of establishing clinics to ‘cure’ unveiled women is chilling, where people are separated from society simply for not conforming to the ruling ideology.' Iranian human rights lawyer Hossein Raeesi said that the idea of a clinic to treat women who...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-PRACTICE-1

"The opening of a 'hijab removal treatment clinic' was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer 'scientific and psychological treatment for hijab remova'" (para 2)."The idea of establishing clinics to ‘cure’ unveiled women is chilling, where people are separated from society simply for not conforming to the ruling ideology" (para 4). "[T]he idea of a clinic to treat women who did not comply with hijab laws is ‘neither Islamic and nor is it aligned with Iranian law’" (para 5). "We are struggling to make ends...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1

"The Iranian state has said that it plans to open a treatment clinic for women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require women to cover their heads in public. The opening of a “hijab removal treatment clinic” was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer 'scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal'" (para 1-2). "[T]he idea of a clinic to treat women who did not comply with hijab laws is ‘neither Islamic and nor is it aligned with Iranian law’" (para 5). "The announcement...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"The announcement about the opening of the clinic comes after state media reported that a university student who was arrested after stripping down to her underwear on a in Tehran, reportedly in protest at being assaulted by campus security guards for breaches of the hijab law" (para 8). "Molaei Alishah, a 25-year-old woman who it said was arrested after confronting a man who harassed her on the street over her hijab" (para 10).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GP-DATA-4

"The opening of a 'hijab removal treatment clinic' was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. She said the clinic will offer 'scientific and psychological treatment for hijab removal'" (para 2). "He also said it was alarming that the statement came from the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which falls under the direct authority of the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei" (para 5).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: GP-DATA-3

"The opening of a 'hijab removal treatment clinic' was announced by Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" (para 2).
Dec. 5, 2024, 6:07 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"One young woman from Iran, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: 'It won’t be a clinic, it will be a prison. We are struggling to make ends meet and have power outages, but a piece of cloth is what this state is worried about. If there was a time for all of us to come back to the streets, it’s now or they’ll lock us all up.' The announcement about the opening of the clinic comes after state media reported that a university student who was arrested after stripping down to her underwear on a in Tehran, reportedly in protest at being assaulted by campus security guards for breaches...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: SEGI-PRACTICE-1

"However, jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sent a voice message – published by relatives on Instagram – about Ghalibaf’s visible bruises. In the post, she urged Iranian women to share their stories of arrest and sexual assault at the hands of the security forces" (par. 7). "Since nationwide protests gripped Iran after the death in custody of the 22-year-old Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, independent human rights organisations and the UN fact-finding mission on Iran have investigated cases of rape and sexual assault of protesters, concluding that the Iranian regime committed crimes against humanity" (par. 12). "Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist, has launched the United Against Gender Apartheid...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-2

"Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules have been brutally enforced since the country’s drone strikes on Israel on 13 April" (par. 1). "A new campaign, called Noor (“light” in Persian), was announced the same day the Iranian regime launched drone attacks against Israel, to crack down on “violations” of the country’s draconian hijab rules, which dictate that all women must cover their heads in public" (par. 2). "Speaking on the continued repression, Shabnam, a student, said: 'In and around Valiasr Square there’s always police present. It’s not just ‘morality...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1

"Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules have been brutally enforced since the country’s drone strikes on Israel on 13 April" (par. 1).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3

"A day after her post, she was reportedly arrested and transferred to the notorious Evin prison. The state judiciary’s Mizan news agency announced that Ghalibaf will face legal action and refuted her allegations of sexual assault" (par. 6).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"However, jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi sent a voice message – published by relatives on Instagram – about Ghalibaf’s visible bruises. In the post, she urged Iranian women to share their stories of arrest and sexual assault at the hands of the security forces" (par. 7).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"Dina Ghalibaf, a student at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University and was among the first to tweet about a confrontation. On her now suspended X (formerly Twitter) account, she said: 'Yesterday in the police room of Sadeghiyeh metro station, I insisted that I had the right to use the metro as a citizen and a taxpayer. But then, they violently dragged me into a room and Tasered me. They handcuffed me and one of the officers sexually assaulted me'" (par. 5).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-2

"The Guardian spoke to the families of two women who were arrested last week and three women who were arrested by the Gasht-e-Irshad. One young woman from Tehran said: 'Around eight agents surrounded me on Saturday and started screaming at me. They hurl insults like ‘whore’, ‘naked America-loving slut’ – all while kicking me in the legs, stomach and everywhere. They don’t care where they hit you'" (par. 8).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:53 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: IIP-PRACTICE-1

"Hours later, videos verified by human rights groups showing women and girls being forcefully arrested by agents of the notorious Gasht-e-Irshad ('morality police') flooded social media along with stories of beatings and assault. One mother and daughter walking through a busy Tehran square were surrounded by five chador-clad female agents and two male agents, who hurled insults and accusations before they grabbed the women. When they resisted arrest, they were violently dragged into the van, a source close to the family said" (par. 3-4). "Dina Ghalibaf, a student at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University and was among the first to tweet about a confrontation. On her now suspended X (formerly Twitter)...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Brunei, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"Legal and recognized" (para 18).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: RCDW-LAW-1, IIP-PRACTICE-1, IIP-LAW-1

"Tala Raassi, an Iranian-American fashion designer who knows firsthand the brutality of the regime: At 16, she was arrested and given 40 lashes for wearing a T-shirt and miniskirt at a private party" (para 16).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DTCP-PRACTICE-1

"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-1

"One gauge of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime is that there are credible reports that it is enforcing its supposedly strict moral code by arresting women and girls accused of advocating immodesty, and then sexually assaulting them" (para 1). "In a searing report about the rape of protesters by security forces, CNN recounted how a 20-year-old woman was arrested for supposedly leading protests and later was brought by the police to a hospital in Karaj, shaking violently, head shaven, her rectum hemorrhaging. The woman is now back in prison" (para 2). "Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-2

"Accounts of sexual violence are difficult to verify because of the victims’ feelings of shame and fear, and CNN reported that the authorities sometimes film assaults to blackmail protesters into silence" (para 5). It is the police that are raping the victims (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: LRW-PRACTICE-3

"Accounts of sexual violence are difficult to verify because of the victims’ feelings of shame and fear, and CNN reported that the authorities sometimes film assaults to blackmail protesters into silence" (para 5). It is the police that are raping the victims (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"What’s absolutely clear is that protesters keep turning up dead" (para 5). The regime is murdering primarily women protesters (CEC - CODER COMMENT).
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:24 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2

"Hadi Ghaemi of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, a watchdog organization in New York, told me of a 14-year-old girl from a poor neighborhood in Tehran who protested by taking off her head scarf at school The girl, Masooumeh, was identified by school cameras and detained; soon afterward, she was taken to the hospital to be treated for severe vaginal tears. The girl died and her mother, after initially saying she wanted to go public, has disappeared" (para 3,4). "What’s absolutely clear is that protesters keep turning up dead" (para 5). "Consider Nika Shahkarami, a 16-year-old girl who burned her head scarf in public. Security forces closed in...more