“Iraq’s Rambo” out of favour with his own militia after brutally violent videos
His name is Abou Azrael, but he’s better known as “Iraq’s Rambo” — the muscle-bound symbol of the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq.
His name is Abou Azrael, but he’s better known as “Iraq’s Rambo” — the muscle-bound symbol of the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq.
With black chadors over their uniforms, officers of Iran’s “guidance patrols” are a scourge for Iranian women who want to wear bright colours and push the limits of the Islamic Republic’s dress code. But some Iranian women are fighting back, using their smartphones to document what happens once they are arrested. The Gasht-e-Ershad (guidance patrol) is Iran’s morality police. Part of the regular police force, its male and female officers are charged with enforcing Islamic codes in Iranian society, and have the power to arrest people they think are violating them. While the total number of its officers is unknown, a spokesman said the force made 207,000 arrests between March 2013 and March 2014, and notified a total of 2 million women that their hijab (Islamic dress) was not correct. Under Iran’s Islamic law, women are supposed to cover everything except their face and hands. Conservative women wear the chador – a black garment that covers the head and goes down to the ankles. But other women choose to wear a scarf that covers their …
For the past few months, the fans of Iranian singer Amir Tataloo have been scratching their heads. What has got into their idol?
In Iran, talking about sex is still a taboo and there is little to no sexual education in schools. To help bridge the gap, an Iranian activist
The death of a blind man in Iran has reignited a debate over whether the Islamic Republic is doing enough for the estimated 120,000 sightless Iranians.
Hours after Asghar Farhadi criticized Donald Trump’s attempted Muslim travel ban as “inhumane” in his acceptance speech for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards
A video showing the apparent execution of a suspected jihadist by Iraqi Army troops has surfaced on social media in Iran. Our Observer explains that while such videos
Every November 4, Iran’s hardliners celebrate the date of the hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran in 1979, which lasted 444 days.
You can be an observant Muslim and also want to have fun on social media. In Iran, more and more young conservatives
In a recent fatwa, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei banned women from riding “bikes in public places.” But this left a good number of Iranian women unconvinced