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Iranian president says women have a right to choose about the hijab (www.nbcnews.com)

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago

Despite Pezeshkian’s moderate position on the issue of hijab, observers say he has little power to stop security forces who have used the war with Israel last June as a pretext to carry out mass arrests of ethnic and religious minorities as well as Afghan migrants, according to human rights groups.