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Iran's new hijab bill promises severe penalties for women

Iran's latest hijab legislation comes amid an intensifying crackdown on women a year after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.

HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Two young Iranian women, not wearing the mandatory hijab, look over the cityscape of Tehran Sept. 9, 2023. — HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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