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...The defiance of many women over the hijab, particularly in big cities, continues. This is not a revolt against religion, even if Iran today has one of the most secular societies in the Islamic world....
...Although the 1979 revolution brought a reversal of women’s rights in Iran, women in the country remain highly educated and despite exclusionary government policy they are active across society....
...The dress code was unofficially relaxed last year, but in recent weeks police have again begun detaining women who breach it....
...Iran’s air defences shot down a few of the airborne objects in Isfahan, home to an Iranian military air base and an important site in Iran’s nuclear programme....
...Iran this month outlawed the use of virtual private networks, used to evade online censorship, in a move that drew public criticism. The purchase and sale of such services was already banned....
...Mostly concentrated in the holy cities of Qom and Mashhad, clerics prioritise religious studies and focus on cultural and social issues such as the role of women, the enforcement of the hijab, restrictions...
...Women, who account for 80 per cent of demand for plastic surgery in Iran, according to industry figures, cite a range of reasons, from the perception that people seen as prettier gain advantages to the rise...
...Israel launched a retaliatory attack on Iran on Friday morning in response to last week’s strike by Iran on Israeli soil....
...Oil prices climbed following the events in Iran. Futures for Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose to above $90 a barrel and then retreated to trade 1.3 per cent higher at $88.19....
...Isfahan houses both an Iranian military air base and an important site in Iran’s nuclear programme....
...European stocks sank in early trading on Friday amid a global sell-off after Israel launched retaliatory strikes against Iran....
...European stocks edged lower on Friday, but pared most of the initial losses that came amid a global equity market sell-off as traders turned cautious after Israel launched retaliatory strikes against Iran...
...Explosions were heard near the cities of Isfahan in central Iran, home to a military base, and Tabriz in the north west, according to the Tasnim news agency, which is close to Iran’s elite Revolutionary...
...In January, Iran held indirect talks with the US in Oman. But Tehran’s calculations changed after the April 1 strike on its diplomatic mission in Damascus....
...In the first, a missile hit the water near the ship....
...and three women who were foreign nationals....
...German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Israel to exercise restraint in its reaction to Iran’s attack on the weekend....
...Oil markets shrugged off Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran after a shortlived price spike on Friday, in a sign of investors’ confidence that the action will not escalate into a broader conflict in...
...Iran has repeatedly denied it is developing nuclear weapons, saying its enrichment programme is for commercial use....
...Cameron said Iran’s attack had been “a near total failure” and that while Israel had every right to respond, “we are urging that they shouldn’t escalate”....
...That neither side chose to heavily involve Hizbollah, Iran’s most powerful proxy, was one of the most important decisions in containing what could have been an uncontrollable escalation that Israel and Iran...
...The US was not involved in any “offensive operations” in Iran overnight, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Friday....
...Turkey has called on Iran and Israel to “refrain from steps that could lead to a wider conflict” after Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iran earlier in the day....
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