It is, i agree, but what i believe the earlier commenter was alluding to was the fact that there are repressive governemnts enacting very similar laws that are

It is, i agree, but what i believe the earlier commenter was alluding to was the fact that there are repressive governemnts enacting very similar laws that are hostile to women, and ethic minorities in a significant portion of western countries too. the report/article seems to have a singular focus on demonising Iran and it's government. google searches for "hijab ban", "muslim ban", "woman forced to remove hijab" yields a lot of results. And i'll add, it's not just hijabs; hoodies, skateboarders, rap music, masks, books? etc. have all been made skapegoats in recent times for authoritarian governments everywhere are trying to control individual liberties. Albeit in a different fashion, the government is trying to control the individual liberties of what an individual wears, reads, watches, listens to etc.