The creator of a popular Facebook page where women in Iran share photos of themselves without their compulsory hijabs has come under attack by Iranian state TV, which aired a false report alleging that she had been gang-raped in front of her son at a London subway station.
Exiled Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad created the "My Stealthy Freedom" Facebook page as a place where Iranian women could share photos of themselves without their hijabs and headscarves. Since the page was created in early May, it has garnered close to 500,000 likes, and has been covered extensively in the international media.
On the page, Alinejad posts photos that were sent to her from women in Iran without their headscarves. Accompanying the photos are often deeply personal accounts of womens' feelings about being forced to cover their hair in public .....
