Ms. Alinejad has reached out to Iranian women on Persian-language satellite television and through social media, and via a website she runs called My Stealthy Freedom. On the website, women post images of themselves without head scarves, demanding an end to the compulsory head scarf law. During Monday’s protests some women waved white scarves, the symbol of Mrs. Alinejad’s campaign. The Islamic head scarf, or hijab, is seen by Iranian ideologues as a pillar of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In past years, the morality police zealously enforced the rules, arresting women and men who violated them.

Source: New York Times January 29, 2018 19:41 UTC