Tired of Their Veils, Some Iranian Women Stage Rare Protests
, according to social media accounts, made the same symbolic gesture: taking off their head scarves in public and waving them on a stick, emulating a young woman who climbed on the same sort of utility box on Dec. 27 and was subsequently arrested. Activists say she has since been released, but she has/ At least one of the women protesting on Monday was arrested by the police, a shopkeeper who witnessed the arrest said. The protests, still small in number, are nevertheless significant as a rare public sign that dissatisfaction with certain ...
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