Iran using drones and apps to enforce women's dress code, UN says
Iranian officials are encouraging people to report women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic's dress code, according to a UN report.
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Iran electronically surveilling women to find headscarf violations, U.N. says
Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, U.N. report says.CBS News - 13h -
Iran increasingly electronically surveils women looking for headscarf violations, UN report warns
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Taliban insist Afghan women's rights are protected as UN says bans cannot be ignored
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Israeli attacks on Gaza maternity wards and IVF clinic ‘genocidal acts’, says UN
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Colombia urges UN to remove coca leaf from harmful substances list
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Drone attacks killing hundreds of civilians across Africa, says report
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Iran’s supreme leader rails against Trump’s ‘bullying’ military threat
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Iran is riven with conflict. Donald Trump’s offer of talks won’t ease it
With internal politics at their most unstable for years, the risk of escalation is rising. The letter the US president, Donald Trump, says he sent to Iran’s leadership offering to reopen talks on ...The Guardian - 5d
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