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Veiled Iranian women are seen in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 24, 2016. [Reuters]
An anti-hijab advocate in Iran, Roya Heshmati, has been lashed 74 times by Iranian authorities on charges of "injury to public chastity" for not wearing the mandatory head covering.
Heshmati was detained at her home in Tehran last April after sharing an unveiled image of herself on social media, according to her lawyer, Mazyar Tataie.
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