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| Iran headscarf protester arrested: lawyer |
| 2018-01-31 |
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An Iranian woman has been incarceratedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! and bail set at more than $100,000 after she protested against the mandatory headscarf, a lawyer said on Tuesday. Narges Hosseini, whose age was not known, was tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! after posing in central Tehran on Monday without a headscarf, lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh said. At least three other women did the same around the city on Monday, according to images shared on social media, mirroring a protest by a woman on December 27 whose images went viral across the globe. Several more images of women protesting in Tehran were shared on social media on Tuesday, although their authenticity could not be immediately verified. |
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