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Why Iran won't budge on mandatory hijab laws — according to the president's wife

Jamileh Alamolhoda is the wife of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. (Kholood Eid for NPR)

Iran's government has put forth a new spokesperson to defend its policies toward women: the president's wife.

Jamileh Alamolhoda accompanied her husband to the annual meeting of the United Nations in New York. She took questions from NPR as her country marked the one-year anniversary of nationwide uprisings that were triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died in police custody for allegedly not wearing the compulsory headscarf correctly.

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