People queue at St Peter Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis - Rome

People queue at St Peter Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis - Rome

A veiled woman at the St Peter Basilica of the Vatican, in Rome on April 25, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said some 61,000 people had already paid their respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St Peter Basilica ahead of his funeral. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

People queue at St Peter Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis - Rome

People queue at St Peter Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis - Rome

A veiled woman at the St Peter Basilica of the Vatican, in Rome on April 25, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said some 61,000 people had already paid their respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St Peter Basilica ahead of his funeral. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

People queue at St Peter Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis - Rome

People queue at St Peter Basilica to pay their respects to late Pope Francis - Rome

A veiled woman at the St Peter Basilica of the Vatican, in Rome on April 25, 2025. The Vatican on April 24 said some 61,000 people had already paid their respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St Peter Basilica ahead of his funeral. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman votes at a polling station in Tehran during the parliamentary runoff elections on May 10, 2024. Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on May 10 in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman votes at a polling station in Tehran during the parliamentary runoff elections on May 10, 2024. Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on May 10 in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman prepares to vote at a polling station in Tehran during the parliamentary runoff elections on May 10, 2024. Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on May 10 in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman prepares to vote at a polling station in Tehran during the parliamentary runoff elections on May 10, 2024. Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on May 10 in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

Iranian Parliamentary Elections - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman votes at a polling station in Tehran during the parliamentary runoff elections on May 10, 2024. Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on May 10 in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Anti-Israeli Protest In Tehran

Anti-Israeli Protest In Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman holds the Iran flag and pictures of late revolutionary founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, and Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she attends an anti-Israel demonstration after the Friday noon prayer in Tehran, Iran on April 19, 2024. Iranian official TV reported an Israeli retaliation attack early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan after Tehran's unprecedented drone and missile assault on the country. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Explosion in Iran on TV

Explosion in Iran on TV

An Iranian veiled woman watches an Iranian news TV channel in Tehran, Iran after Iranian official TV confirms 'massive explosions' in central Isfahan province, as US officials confirm Israel carried out strike inside Iran, on April 19, 2024, in Tabriz, Iran. Photo by Hamed/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Religious Gathering In Solidarity With Palestinians - Tehran

Religious Gathering In Solidarity With Palestinians - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman a flag reading "You're dealing with us" during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Azadi (Freedom) Stadium in Tehran, Iran on March 26, 2024. Around one hundred thousand Iranians attend a religious gathering in solidarity with Palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan. During this gathering, Ziyad al-Nakhalah, Secretary General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) makes a speech Simultaneously holding a series of meetings between Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas Political Bureau, and Iranian officials, a day after the UN Security Council resolution called for a ceasefire in Gaza. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman reacts during the funeral ceremony of Iranian adviser in Syria, Razi Mousavi at the Imam Hossein Square in Tehran, Iran on December 28, 2023. Sayyed Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman holds a poster with a picture of the Iranian adviser in Syria, Razi Mousavi during his funeral ceremony at the Imam Hossein Square in Tehran, Iran on December 28, 2023. Sayyed Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman reacts during the funeral ceremony of Iranian adviser in Syria, Razi Mousavi at the Imam Hossein Square in Tehran, Iran on December 28, 2023. Sayyed Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

Funeral Of Senior Guards Adviser - Tehran

An Iranian veiled woman holds a poster with a picture of the Iranian adviser in Syria, Razi Mousavi during his funeral ceremony at the Imam Hossein Square in Tehran, Iran on December 28, 2023. Sayyed Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was killed on December 25 in an Israeli strike outside the Syrian capital Damascus. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pro-Hijab And Anti-Israel Gathering - Tehran

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

Pro-Hijab And Anti-Israel Gathering - Tehran

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

Grands Boulevards area during Summer - Paris

Grands Boulevards area during Summer - Paris

A veiled woman walks during sunset in the Grands Boulevards area, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, during summer on August 21, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grands Boulevards area during Summer - Paris

Grands Boulevards area during Summer - Paris

A veiled woman walks during sunset in the Grands Boulevards area, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, during summer on August 21, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

POLITICS/IRAN

POLITICS/IRAN

An Iranian veiled woman carries a banner with a portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a Persian script that reads, With the Guardianship to Martyrdom, while attending a rally in the Imam Hussein square in southeastern Tehran on December 30, 2021. Supporters of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attend a rally to mark the anniversary of Iran's anti-opposition December 2009 demonstrations rallies in Tehran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto) (Credit:Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Kyodo News Images)

Women\'s fashion 1912

Women\'s fashion 1912

The veil as often worn by the pretty Frenchwoman. It has a distinctly conquettish effect and enchances the fairness of the beautiful complexion. 1912

Women's fashion 1912

Women's fashion 1912

When worn as here shown a running is put in the top of the veil to keep it in position. It is then caught up loosely at the back. Date: 1912

Women's fashion 1912

Women's fashion 1912

An arrangement of the veil that should suit the tall woman, statuesque woman. A white embroidered veil over the face was in vogue. Date: 1912

Women's fashion 1912

Women's fashion 1912

With a large hat a veil may be fastened at each side just above the ears, falling flat against the features, outlining the nose. Date: 1912