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Weekend: Iran says there will be no retreat on the mandatory hijab rule

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Iran says there will be no retreat on the mandatory hijab rule

02/04/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Iran says there will be no retreat on the mandatory hijab rule

Two women were arrested after a yoghurt attack, apparently for not covering their hair.

Two women have been arrested after being attacked with yoghurt, apparently for not covering their hair in public. The man who appears to throw the yoghurt was also arrested.

Two women have been arrested, in Iran, after being attacked with yoghurt, apparently for not covering their hair in public. The man who features in a video which went viral, appears to angrily throw a tub of yoghurt over the women, was also arrested for disturbing the public order. The arrests follow months of protests in the country, demanding an end to the compulsory wearing of the hijab. 

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And, a former Afghan education ministry official on his education activism in Pakistan.

(Picture: An Iranian female protester with picture of Mahsa Amini during a protest following the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini, in Istanbul, Turkey, 02 October 2022. Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, was arrested in Tehran on 13 September by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women. She fell into a coma while in police custody and was declared dead on 16 September. Photo by SEDAT SUNA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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