Iranian youth defy Islamic regime with Halloween celebrations amid US strike on Qeshm Island, looming wider conflict

Iranian youth defied the Islamic Republic’s religious restrictions by celebrating Halloween, wearing elaborate costumes and challenging compulsory dress codes in the days leading up to the reported US strike on Qeshm Island on November 2 as tensions between Tehran and Washington threatened to escalate into a wider military confrontation in West Asia. The Halloween celebrations, which took place across several Iranian cities around October 31, reportedly prompted Iranian security forces to disper

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