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Moviment Global a Gaza Protest - Barcelona

A person with a Palestinian headscarf during a demonstration for the liberation of Palestine, on August 9, 2025, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The protest is called by the international organization Moviment Global a Gaza and has been joined by collectives and platforms in many countries and cities with the aim of denouncing the genocide, famine and attacks on the Palestinian population. Photo by Lorena Sopena/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dont Stay Silent! Captivity Kills rally in Kyiv

A woman in a mask and a headscarf stands outside the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre during the Dont Stay Silent! Captivity Kills rally to support Ukrainians in Russian captivity, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 25, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Dont Stay Silent! Captivity Kills rally in Kyiv

A woman in a mask and a headscarf stands outside the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre during the Dont Stay Silent! Captivity Kills rally to support Ukrainians in Russian captivity, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 25, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Dont Stay Silent! Captivity Kills rally in Kyiv

A woman in a mask and a headscarf stands outside the Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theatre during the Dont Stay Silent! Captivity Kills rally to support Ukrainians in Russian captivity, Kyiv, Ukraine, May 25, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Folk crafts fair at Saint Sophia of Kyiv

A woman in a traditional Ukrainian costume stands by the stall with handmade necklaces during a folk crafts fair at the St. Sophia of Kyiv National Conservation Area on Easter Sunday, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2025. (Photo by Yuliia Ovsiannikova/Ukrinform)

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Religious Coming-of-Age - Iran

A girl looks at herself in the mirror while wearing a headscarf after her Jashn-e Taklif in Shazand, Iran on March 1, 2019. Jashn-e Taklif is a coming-of-age ceremony held for girls who reach the Islamic age of religious accountability at nine years old. Photo by Sina Yaghoobpoor/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Religious Coming-of-Age - Iran

A girl looks at herself in the mirror while wearing a headscarf after her Jashn-e Taklif in Shazand, Iran on March 1, 2019. Jashn-e Taklif is a coming-of-age ceremony held for girls who reach the Islamic age of religious accountability at nine years old. Photo by Sina Yaghoobpoor/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Epiphany celebration in Odesa

ODESA, UKRAINE - JANUARY 6, 2025 - A girl in a headscarf holds a smartphone by the Black Sea during the Epiphany celebration on the Lanzheron beach, Odesa, southern Ukraine.

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Iran Pro Hezbollah Funeral - Tehran

A Iranian woman who does not wear a mandatory headscarf walks under a giant banner featuring a portrait of Lebanon's Hezbollah Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, in Tehran, Iran, on September 30, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Presidential Candidate Rally - Iran

A woman without wearing a mandatory headscarf attends a rally in supporters of Masoud Pezeshkian one of the two candidates qualifying for the second round of the Iranian presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Sasan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Presidential Candidate Rally - Iran

A woman without wearing a mandatory headscarf attends a rally in supporters of Masoud Pezeshkian one of the two candidates qualifying for the second round of the Iranian presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Sasan/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Presidential Candidate Rally - Iran

A woman without wearing a mandatory headscarf attends a rally in supporters of Masoud Pezeshkian one of the two candidates qualifying for the second round of the Iranian presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Presidential Candidate Rally - Iran

A woman without wearing a mandatory headscarf attends a rally in supporters of Masoud Pezeshkian one of the two candidates qualifying for the second round of the Iranian presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Masoud Pezeshkian Presidential Candidate Rally - Iran

A woman without wearing a mandatory headscarf attends a rally in supporters of Masoud Pezeshkian one of the two candidates qualifying for the second round of the Iranian presidential election, in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Presidential Elections Runoff - Iran

An Iranian woman without wearing a mandatory headscarf walks past a wall mural along a street corner in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Presidential Elections Runoff - Iran

An Iranian woman without wearing a mandatory headscarf walks past a wall mural along a street corner in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2024. Iran is holding snap presidential elections to choose the next president after the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. After the election with a historically low turnout on Friday, Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's presidential election candidate and former reformist member of the Iranian parliament, and Saeed Jalili, Ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator will face off in a runoff presidential election on July 5. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Palestine Rally - Madrid

A woman with a Palestinian headscarf shouts during a demonstration in support of Palestine, on January 20, 2024, in Madrid (Spain). The Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine, has called for a Day of mobilization for Palestine at the state level for the end of the genocide in Palestine, the end of the trade of arms and security equipment to Israel and the breaking of relations with the country. More than 130 organizations have joined the call that is celebrated with protests in more than 75 cities in Spain. Photo by Jesus Hellín/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Divine liturgy in Kryvorivnia

KRYVORIVNIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 25, 2023 - A senior woman in a headscarf faces a stand with burning candles during the divine liturgy at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Christmas Day, Kryvorivnia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Divine liturgy in Kryvorivnia

KRYVORIVNIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 25, 2023 - A senior woman in a traditional Hutsul costume attends the divine liturgy at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Christmas Day, Kryvorivnia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine.

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Government Ceases To Fund Averroes High School - Lille

An outside view of the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on December 11, 2023 Founded 20 years ago in the wake of the ban on the headscarf in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim secondary school under contract in France, is now in the hot seat, with the government ceasing to fund it, the result of growing mistrust towards this much-loved establishment. Photo by Sebastien Courdji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government Ceases To Fund Averroes High School - Lille

An outside view of the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on December 11, 2023 Founded 20 years ago in the wake of the ban on the headscarf in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim secondary school under contract in France, is now in the hot seat, with the government ceasing to fund it, the result of growing mistrust towards this much-loved establishment. Photo by Sebastien Courdji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government Ceases To Fund Averroes High School - Lille

An outside view of the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on December 11, 2023 Founded 20 years ago in the wake of the ban on the headscarf in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim secondary school under contract in France, is now in the hot seat, with the government ceasing to fund it, the result of growing mistrust towards this much-loved establishment. Photo by Sebastien Courdji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government Ceases To Fund Averroes High School - Lille

An outside view of the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on December 11, 2023 Founded 20 years ago in the wake of the ban on the headscarf in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim secondary school under contract in France, is now in the hot seat, with the government ceasing to fund it, the result of growing mistrust towards this much-loved establishment. Photo by Sebastien Courdji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government Ceases To Fund Averroes High School - Lille

An outside view of the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on December 11, 2023 Founded 20 years ago in the wake of the ban on the headscarf in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim secondary school under contract in France, is now in the hot seat, with the government ceasing to fund it, the result of growing mistrust towards this much-loved establishment. Photo by Sebastien Courdji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government Ceases To Fund Averroes High School - Lille

An outside view of the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on December 11, 2023 Founded 20 years ago in the wake of the ban on the headscarf in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim secondary school under contract in France, is now in the hot seat, with the government ceasing to fund it, the result of growing mistrust towards this much-loved establishment. Photo by Sebastien Courdji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Government Ceases To Fund Averroes High School - Lille

An outside view of the Averroes high school in Lille, northern France on December 11, 2023 Founded 20 years ago in the wake of the ban on the headscarf in schools, Averroes, the first Muslim secondary school under contract in France, is now in the hot seat, with the government ceasing to fund it, the result of growing mistrust towards this much-loved establishment. Photo by Sebastien Courdji/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Hijab And Anti-Israel Gathering - Tehran

A young Iranian woman, not wearing the mandatory headscarf, walked past a group of young veiled women near a sports hall during a gathering in support of the hijab (Islamic dressing code) and against the Israeli attack on Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-Hijab And Anti-Israel Gathering - Tehran

A young Iranian woman, not wearing the mandatory headscarf, walked past a group of young veiled women near a sports hall during a gathering in support of the hijab (Islamic dressing code) and against the Israeli attack on Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former US Embassy Turned Museum - Tehran

An Iranian woman, not wearing the mandatory headscarf, walked past an anti-US mural outside the 'Den of Spies' museum in Tehran, formerly the U.S. embassy, on November 3, 2023. This date marked the day before the 44th anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, when Islamist students took 52 U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days. This pivotal event severed diplomatic relations and initiated decades of mutual hostility. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Student Strike In Solidarity With Palestine - Madrid

A demonstrator with a Palestinian headscarf during a student protest, at Puerta del Sol, on October 26, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The Student Union has called for a student strike throughout Spain in solidarity with the Palestinian people, under the slogan 'Stop the genocide, not in our name!', in the face of Israel's response to the attack by the Hamas organization on October 7. Photo by Alejandro Martínez Velez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Student Strike In Solidarity With Palestine - Madrid

A demonstrator with a Palestinian headscarf during a student protest, at Puerta del Sol, on October 26, 2023, in Madrid, Spain. The Student Union has called for a student strike throughout Spain in solidarity with the Palestinian people, under the slogan 'Stop the genocide, not in our name!', in the face of Israel's response to the attack by the Hamas organization on October 7. Photo by Alejandro Martínez Velez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Marriage ceremony at Pyrohiv Museum

KYIV, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 - The groom lifts a headscarf covering his bride's head during the re-enactment of a folk marriage ceremony as part of the Wedding Autumn event at the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohiv, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Funeral ceremony of Mi-8 helicopter crews in Poltava

POLTAVA, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 - A woman in a black headscarf cries during the funeral ceremony of pilots and technicians of two Mi-8 helicopters outside the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Poltava, central Ukraine. Two Mi-8 helicopters crashed near Novoiavlenka village, Donetsk Region, while on a combat mission on Tuesday, August 29. Four pilots and two technicians of the 18th Igor Sikorsky Separate Army Aviation Brigade died in the accident.

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Memorial event in Garrison Church in Lviv on Ukrainian Defenders Remembrance Day

LVIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 29, 2023 - A woman cries during a requiem event in memory of military personnel who perished during the breakthrough from the encirclement in Ilovaisk, Donetsk Region, on August 29, 2014, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church on the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Memorial event in Garrison Church in Lviv on Ukrainian Defenders Remembrance Day

LVIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 29, 2023 - A woman cries during a requiem event in memory of military personnel who perished during the breakthrough from the encirclement in Ilovaisk, Donetsk Region, on August 29, 2014, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church on the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Pro-headscarf rally in Tehran

A rally is held in Tehran on July 12, 2023, to show support for women wearing head coverings.

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Pro-headscarf rally in Tehran

A rally is held in Tehran on July 12, 2023, to show support for women wearing head coverings.

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

Narin, 35 years old, A former designer, she joined the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) to become a fighter. escaped from Sanandaj the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran.10 days ago, “I had the choice between flight or suicide,” she says. participated in the protest against the islamic republic of iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Koysinjaq), east of Erbil. Iraq, March 25, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

Narin, 35 years old, A former designer, she joined the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) to become a fighter. escaped from Sanandaj the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran.10 days ago, “I had the choice between flight or suicide,” she says. participated in the protest against the islamic republic of iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Koysinjaq), east of Erbil. Iraq, March 25, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

Narin, 35 years old, A former designer, she joined the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) to become a fighter. escaped from Sanandaj the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran.10 days ago, “I had the choice between flight or suicide,” she says. participated in the protest against the islamic republic of iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Koysinjaq), east of Erbil. Iraq, March 25, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

A General view of Koysinjaq town with a fortress, Iran had targeted at the party’s headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran KDPI in Koysinjaq, The IRGC fired seven medium-range ballistic missiles and suicide drones in Koy Sanjaq, near Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Since then, thousands of men and women have taken to the streets chanting “Women, Life, Freedom”. Koysinjaq, The Kurdistan region of Iraq, March 25, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

Narin, 35 years old, A former designer, she joined the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) to become a fighter. escaped from Sanandaj the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran.10 days ago, “I had the choice between flight or suicide,” she says. participated in the protest against the islamic republic of iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Koysinjaq), east of Erbil. Iraq, March 25, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

A young Iranian Kurdish nurse of 33 years old, Jina, was targeted with a shotgun by Iranian security forces with 8 “birdshot” while helping wounded protesters against the Islamic Republic of Iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Iranian woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly. In Iran it is a crime to help wounded protestors, punishable by imprisonment. She managed to escape to Irak, as a nurse she painfully managed to remove the 8 “birdshot”. She arrived In the Kurdistan Province in Northwest Iran and joined the fighters of the Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala), after her two months military training in the mountains near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, She is now a medic among, the fighters as well as helping the villagers around. Sulaymaniyah, The Kurdistan region of Iraq, March 27, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

A young Iranian Kurdish nurse of 33 years old, Jina, was targeted with a shotgun by Iranian security forces with 8 “birdshot” while helping wounded protesters against the Islamic Republic of Iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Iranian woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly. In Iran it is a crime to help wounded protestors, punishable by imprisonment. She managed to escape to Irak, as a nurse she painfully managed to remove the 8 “birdshot”. She arrived In the Kurdistan Province in Northwest Iran and joined the fighters of the Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala), after her two months military training in the mountains near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, She is now a medic among, the fighters as well as helping the villagers around. Sulaymaniyah, The Kurdistan region of Iraq, March 27, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

A young Iranian Kurdish nurse of 33 years old, Jina, was targeted with a shotgun by Iranian security forces with 8 “birdshot” while helping wounded protesters against the Islamic Republic of Iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Iranian woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly. In Iran it is a crime to help wounded protestors, punishable by imprisonment. She managed to escape to Irak, as a nurse she painfully managed to remove the 8 “birdshot”. She arrived In the Kurdistan Province in Northwest Iran and joined the fighters of the Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala), after her two months military training in the mountains near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, She is now a medic among, the fighters as well as helping the villagers around. Sulaymaniyah, The Kurdistan region of Iraq, March 27, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

Narin, 35 years old, A former designer, she joined the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) to become a fighter. escaped from Sanandaj the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran.10 days ago, “I had the choice between flight or suicide,” she says. participated in the protest against the islamic republic of iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Koysinjaq), east of Erbil. Iraq, March 25, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

Narin, 35 years old, A former designer, she joined the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) to become a fighter. escaped from Sanandaj the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran.10 days ago, “I had the choice between flight or suicide,” she says. participated in the protest against the islamic republic of iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Koysinjaq), east of Erbil. Iraq, March 25, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

The Women guerrilla fighters (Peshmerga), members of The Kurdish-Iranian opposition the Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala), learning how to work with weapons and combat tactics in the mountains near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, escaped Iran since 6 to 2 month ago to Kurdistan region of Iraq, getting ready to fight Against the Ayatollahs in Iran from the mountains between Iran and Iraq, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Since then, thousands of men and women have taken to the streets chanting “Women, Life, Freedom”. Sulaymaniyah, The Kurdistan region of Iraq, March 27, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

A young Iranian Kurdish nurse of 33 years old, Jina, was targeted with a shotgun by Iranian security forces with 8 “birdshot” while helping wounded protesters against the Islamic Republic of Iran, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Iranian woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly. In Iran it is a crime to help wounded protestors, punishable by imprisonment. She managed to escape to Irak, as a nurse she painfully managed to remove the 8 “birdshot”. She arrived In the Kurdistan Province in Northwest Iran and joined the fighters of the Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala), after her two months military training in the mountains near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, She is now a medic among, the fighters as well as helping the villagers around. Sulaymaniyah, The Kurdistan region of Iraq, March 27, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Women Guerrilla - Iraq

The Women guerrilla fighters (Peshmerga) braiding their hair, members of The Kurdish-Iranian opposition the Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala),during training learning how to work with weapons and combat tactics in the mountains near Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, escaped Iran since 6 to 2 month ago to Kurdistan region of Iraq, getting ready to fight Against the Ayatollahs in Iran from the mountains between Iran and Iraq, after death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, was beaten to death by the Iranian “morality police” for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly on September 16, 2022. Since then, thousands of men and women have taken to the streets chanting “Women, Life, Freedom”. Sulaymaniyah, The Kurdistan region of Iraq, March 27, 2023. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM