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Iran’s Protest Movement and Its Future

The Intercept Briefing

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Is the Hijab a Question of the Islamic State?

The issue of gender discrimination is an ideologically important pillar of the regime. The Islamic identity of the state is tied very much to the treatment of its women, basically. But with Araisi coming into power, he reimposed the more harsh restrictions that existed in the 1980s. And this is how they're demonstrating themselves.

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