“The issue is that it’s a women-only gym, there are many veiled women and women who choose to dress modestly in there, who remove their veil and wear more comfortable workout clothes,” the ...

In the ensuing row one of the women with the dog pulled a knife and stabbed two of the veiled women, aged 19 and 40. The 40-year-old woman sustained six stab wounds and is being treated in hospital ...

By 2017, however, they realised the system was irreformable, and radicalised their approach, making the veil central to resistance. “Iranian women and men have been awake for a very long time ...