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Iran Shuts Down Water Park, Citing Hijab Violations

A police vehicle in front of the water park that was closed in the city of Mashhad on Monday. (Asr Iran)
A police vehicle in front of the water park that was closed in the city of Mashhad on Monday. (Asr Iran)
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Iran Shuts Down Water Park, Citing Hijab Violations

A police vehicle in front of the water park that was closed in the city of Mashhad on Monday. (Asr Iran)
A police vehicle in front of the water park that was closed in the city of Mashhad on Monday. (Asr Iran)

Iran has shuttered a water park for allowing women entry without the mandatory headscarf, local media reported on Monday.

"The Mojhaye Khoroushan water park has been closed" since Sunday evening, IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency quoted the complex manager, Mohammad Babaei, as saying.

Babaei said authorities have declared the park's closure due to people's "ignoring chastity and hijab" rules despite regularly warning female visitors to respect the hijab rules.

The Mojhaye Khoroushan complex - which spans 60,000 square meters - is among the largest indoor water parks in the world.

Around 1,000 people working at the park are worried about losing their jobs.

Iran has stepped up security measures in anticipation of renewed protests on Sep. 17 which marks the first anniversary of the anti-regime demonstrations.

The number of women who have chosen not to wear hijab in big cities has increased in the past year, following the protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini on Sep. 16 in custody over claims of violating hijab rules.

An Iranian newspaper mentioned that the authorities have closed 77 hotels and tourist centers across the country in the wake of the spread of the phenomenon of removing hijab in public places.

Reformist daily Etemad cited an official from the Iran Tourism Organization as saying that Isfahan witnessed the highest number of tourist centers closed because of the hijab.

Hundreds of people including security forces were killed and 20,000 arrested for participating in what the authorities have described as riots fomented by the West and Israel.

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In this file photo, taken on August 3, 2021, Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district. (AP/File)
In this file photo, taken on August 3, 2021, Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district. (AP/File)
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At Least 13 People Killed in Pakistani Strikes on Suspected Militant Hideouts in Afghanistan

In this file photo, taken on August 3, 2021, Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district. (AP/File)
In this file photo, taken on August 3, 2021, Pakistan Army troops patrol along the fence on the Pakistan Afghanistan border at Big Ben hilltop post in Khyber district. (AP/File)

Local Afghans and the Pakistani Taliban said Wednesday that civilians, including women and children, were killed after Pakistan launched rare airstrikes inside neighboring Afghanistan.
Pakistani security officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity in line with regulations, told The Associated Press that Tuesday's operation was to dismantle a training facility and kill insurgents in the province of Paktika, bordering Afghanistan.
Residents in the area told an AP reporter over the phone that at least 13 people were left dead, adding that the death toll could be higher. They also said the wounded were transported to a local hospital.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Mohammad Khurasani, the spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, claimed that 50 people, including 27 women and children, have died in the strikes.
Pakistan has not commented on the strikes. However, on Wednesday, the Pakistani military said security forces killed 13 insurgents in an overnight intelligence-based operation in South Waziristan, a district located along eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province.
The strikes are likely to further spike tensions between the two countries. Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government denounced the attack, saying on Tuesday that most of the victims were refugees from the Waziristan region and promising retaliation.
The TTP is a separate group but also a close ally of the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021.
In March, Pakistan said intelligence-based strikes took place in the border regions inside Afghanistan.
Pakistan has seen innumerable militant attacks in the past two decades but there has been an uptick in recent months. The latest was this weekend when at least 16 Pakistani soldiers were killed when TTP attacked a checkpoint in the country’s northwest.
Pakistani officials have accused the Taliban of not doing enough to combat militant activity across the shared border, a charge the Afghan Taliban government denies, saying it does not allow anyone to carry out attacks against any country.