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Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP File Photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Hijab in Iran & India: Some enlightenment for SC judges

The minority factor aggravates the problem to an extent that Justice Hemant Gupta of the Supreme Court appears not to...

24 Oct 2022 3:21 AM IST

Mahsa Amini, who was detained after Irans so-called morality police found fault with her headscarf. (Photo: Twitter)

Iran says Mahsa Amini died of illness rather than 'blows'

Iran's Forensic Organization said "Mahsa Amini's death was not caused by blows to the head and vital organs and limbs of...

7 Oct 2022 5:13 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his September 30 address, threatened Nato with, among other things, his nuclear arsenal. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Russia, Iran, China, Brazil: Realpolitik in global churn

During this testy phase of international relations, all nations, big or small or intermediate, are practising...

5 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

ran players listen to the national anthem ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group B football match between England and Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on November 21, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

World Cup: Iran team refuses to sing national anthem in support of...

The 11 Iranian players stood impassively and grim-faced as their anthem rang out around the Khalifa International...

21 Nov 2022 7:12 PM IST

Over 50 protesters held white papers in support of the Chinese people under harsh zero-COVID policies that prevent them from having normal lives in China. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | People power' on the rise, in China & Iran

History has been a witness to empires being brought to their knees by manifestations of people's power

6 Dec 2022 12:10 AM IST

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Will the protests compel Iranian regime to begin...

The Iran unrest began in September when 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died in the morality police's custody

5 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

In this file photo taken on April 22, 2007, Iranian police officers stop a car during a crackdown to enforce the Islamic dress code in the north of the capital Tehran. - Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the countrys strict female dress code, local media said Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police

The morality police were established under hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to "spread the culture of hijab"

4 Dec 2022 6:27 PM IST

Female Muslim students wearing burqa and hijab talk to a police officer during their protest, outside the Shivamogga District collectors office, in Shivamogga, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Saluting freedom's bravest fighters: Women of Iran

Mahsa Amini and her sisters in spirit are not against Islam. They are perhaps not feminists either

26 Sept 2022 9:25 AM IST