Compulsory Veils? Half of Iranians Say ‘No’ to Pillar of Revolution

FILE -- Women wear hijabs in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 8, 2017. Nearly half of all Iranians think the Islamic veil is a private matter, and that the government should have no say in it, according to a bombshell report released in 2018 by an adviser to President Hassan Rouhani. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times)