Reza Jamali is a correspondent with RFE/RL's Radio Farda.
An Iranian-Belgian lawmaker tells RFE/RL how security forces were taken by surprise when they uncovered an Iranian plot to kidnap her. Darya Safai’s comments came as Washington and allies warned of efforts by Iranian secret services to “kill, kidnap, and harass people in Europe and North America.”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has established a new unit in Tehran to enforce a crackdown on women not wearing a head scarf. Called "Ambassadors of Kindness," the unit has issued videos of girls happily receiving hijabs. But footage on social media shows women without a hijab being detained.
