As some hijabs come off in Iran, restrictions still in place

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Al-Monitor

Images of bareheaded women sipping coffee in cafes in Tehran, in apparent defiance of the Islamic republic's strict dress rule, have stirred interest outside Iran -- but for Elnaz, 32, it is no breakthrough.It is not at all a sign of any change in the government in my opinion. Because no achievement has been made regarding women's rights, said Elnaz, a painter in Tehran, who like other women in the capital and elsewhere contacted by AFP in Paris asked that her full name not be published.