Ministry promotes forgiveness as Iranian women protest oppression

Iran (MNN) — Ever since the 2022 death of a woman in custody for "improper attire," Iranian women have stopped wearing hijabs in protest. Nazanin Baghestani with Heart4Iran says the symbolic act of resistance is gaining traction.“Practically now, on the streets, mostly - I would say 70% of women – are without their hijab,” she says. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has recently defended hijab laws, even as women continue to defy them. Wearing a headscarf became mandatory for the coun