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

Iran's government has announced plans to open a controversial new facility aimed at 'treating' women who defy the country's ...

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

In an ongoing crackdown on women's rights, Iran has established a new mental health facility in Tehran, the Clinic for ...

Women who refuse to wear a hijab in Iran will be given treatment at a mental health clinic in the capital Tehran. The Iranian ...

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

This latest attempt comes after the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Amini.

The Iranian state has announced plans to open a clinic aimed at treating women who defy the mandatory hijab laws that require ...

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

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.

Dr. Darestani is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Prior to joining MTU, he spent a year as a ...