"Iran's Renewed Crackdown on Hijab Sparks Outcry and Uprising Fears"
Iran has intensified its crackdown on hijab restrictions, with reports of violent arrests, sexual harassment, beatings, and widespread arrests across the country. The renewed assault on women comes after the regime announced the "Nour Project" aimed at "dealing with anomalies," involving a heavy presence of the "Morality Police." The crackdown has led to the arrest of a journalist and student, Dina Ghalibaf, and the wife and daughter of an Iranian soccer goalkeeper. The regime's enforcement of hijab laws has intensified over the past year, with measures including surveillance cameras and plainclothes agents known as "hijabban" enforcing hijab laws in metro stations.