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Roozonline - People from Inside and Outside the Country Have Joined

Shahrzadnews - Though the Greater Tehran Police Force claims that there are only about a hundred prostitutes in the city, Iranian health professionals say there are several thousand in the country as a whole, and that the number is increasing rapidly.

RFE/RL - Women have worn the hijab in Iran for three decades -- some voluntarily, others begrudgingly.

Persianbanoo - Imprisoned student activist Shabnam Madadzadeh has written a letter from Evin prison, expressing concern over the recent transfer of two female political prisoners to the notorious Gharchak prison in Varamin, known for its sub-standards and extremely poor conditions.

Women News Network - Iran based human rights defender Ms. Mansoureh Behkish, who is well known in the region for her work in fighting against the death penalty as well as being one of the head organizers for the Mourning Mothers, known also as the Mothers of Laleh Park, has now been sentenced on her latest appeal ruling which has added six months in prison to her sentence.

GVF — The spokesman for the Iranian judiciary has announced that Iranian actors who do not fully comply with the dress code for women (hijab) will be barred from leaving the country.

Persianbanoo - Imprisoned human rights activist Narges Mohamadi was hospitalized in Zanjan on Monday, in critical condition and banned from visit.

Radio Zamaneh - The Ahwaz public prosecutor has announced that women will be sentenced to cash fines or imprisonment if they are seen in public disobeying the Islamic dress code.