The anti-hijab protests of Vida Movahed seven years ago have become a legacy that haunts the Islamic Republic today as a nationwide movement against the...
Vida Movahed, the woman who sparked anti-hijab protests in Iran. Ali Alfoneh. Since the 1980s, Iranian women have engaged in a silent protest of...
Lawyer of Vida Movahed says court sentenced her in March after finding her guilty of encouraging public 'corruption'.
It was the quietest protest Iran has ever witnessed. Vida Movahed, a thirty-one-year-old mother of a toddler, stood atop a large utility box...
An Iranian woman who inspired antihijab protests by removing her obligatory Islamic head scarf in a public gesture of defiance says has been sentenced to one...
Ms. Vida Movahed was sentenced by Branch 1091 of Ershad Judicial Complex in Tehran to one year in prison for “encouraging the people to commit immorality or...
The young woman who attracted much attention after her protest against mandatory hijab through a simple act of civil disobedience.
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Known as the 'Girl of Enghelab Street' after standing on a utility box in Tehran and removing her headscarf in 2017 became a symbol for anti-hijab protests.
