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Iran Police Disperse Pro-hijab Protesters Outside Parliament

Increasing numbers of Iranian women have flouted the law on mandatory head covering (Credit: AFP)

Iranian police have dispersed a weeks-long sit-in by demonstrators supporting the mandatory head covering for women, state media reported, after authorities deemed the gathering illegal.

The demonstrators -- largely women in black full-body robes -- staged the sit-in since last month outside the parliament building in Tehran.

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