Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion December 19, 2022
I once spent a week in a region of southern Sudan where almost none of the women covered their breasts, and then just two weeks later I flew to Iran, where women are required by law to cover their hair with hijabs as a sign of modesty. It was a stark reminder of how cultures are different, laws vary and rules about women’s behavior are shockingly arbitrary. I began to wonder why we in the West think our own modesty standards are any more... + full article
ABC News USA World December 05, 2022
Women in Iran will still be required to wear the hijab under Islamic Republic law, even if the country's government decides to abolish the religious police who were in charge of enforcing the dress code.Iranian Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced on Saturday... + más
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The New York Times USA World December 05, 2022
Iran’s attorney general said this weekend that a special police unit responsible for enforcing the country’s strict Islamic dress code for women shut down. If true, it would be the first concession by the government in nearly three months of protests.The force, officially... + más
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Newsweek USA World November 29, 2022
The U.S. will begin a series of joint aerial exercises with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday that will simulate strikes on Iran's nuclear program in the face of heightened tensions between America and the Middle Eastern country.The exercises will reportedly begin... + más
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Associated Press USA Sports November 21, 2022
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — To 27-year-old Mariam, the World Cup match ticket was a precious gift. A sports fanatic, she traveled to the World Cup in Qatar from Tehran to catch Iran’s opening game Monday against England, her first live soccer match.Women are banned from attending... + más
This is awkward: Budweiser Responds to Qatar banning beer in stadiums | Newsweek
The Boston Globe USA World October 30, 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to antigovernment protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the country for the sixth straight week.Also on Saturday,... + más
Iran warns protesters as more unrest roils country | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA World October 30, 2022
Iranians protest in Tehran on Thursday. Middle East Images, file DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to antigovernment protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the... + más
Iran’s Guard warns protesters as more unrest roils country | The Boston Globe
Newsweek USA Nation October 13, 2022
The Mauna Loa summit remains closed as 65 earthquakes have hit the huge volcano in one day.In the past 24 hours prior to Wednesday morning local time, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory detected 65 small-magnitude earthquakes below the summit caldera, and the northwest flank of... + más
5.0 earthquake hits during Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano unrest | Associated Press
'Unrest' on Hawaii volcano, no signs of imminent eruption | Associated Press
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