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International Law

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The international community continues to observe the publication and media coverage of human rights concerns in Iran, as manifested through protests and anti-hijab sentiment. The Iranians' call for justice reverberates loudly and is frequently sparked by concerns surrounding the hijab, which has spawned a multitude of human rights issues involving detention, prosecution, and court misconduct, breaching the country's constitution. Iran, a nation whose former state religion was replaced with another during the Sasanian Period due to invasion and concessions, is statistically deficient in religiosity and identity, potentially as a result of this post-colonial conflict.

Today, informal internet bloggers discuss whether Islam is the origin of clothing restrictions for women or not, and if Zoroastrian Persia still maintained religious dress laws for women, or if it had comparable dress requirements regarding women's modesty. Obviously, it should be determined if these two religious nations had significantly different policies, as more thorough and broad comparisons and contrasts are possible; therefore, I opted to investigate this topic. Additionally, I wish to emphasize how flagrantly Iran's laws and legal and prison systems are violated, which is directly related to hijab concerns, as well as the consequent profiling of and discrimination against individuals who chose not to veil.

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