Iranian 'Reformist' Women Condemn State’s Hijab Crackdown

Women walking on the streets of  Iran without mandatory hijab. The slogan on the wall says: "Woman, Life, Freedom"
Women walking on the streets of Iran without mandatory hijab. The slogan on the wall says: "Woman, Life, Freedom"

After weeks of intensified and renewed crackdown to enforce the mandatory hijab in Iran, ‘reformist’ women activists have condemned it as a smokescreen to distract from the state’s own governing failures.