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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

Iran police disperse pro-hijab protest amid security concerns

An earlier pro-hijab demonstration in front of the UN office in Tehran, Iran, December 13, 2022 [Vahid Salemi/AP]

Tehran, Iran – In a first, Iranian authorities have dispersed a demonstration calling for stricter implementation of the country’s dress code rules.

On Friday evening, after state-organised Quds Day rallies in support of the Palestinian cause ended, police dispersed dozens who had been camping out in front of the parliament for weeks.

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