Muslim Shiite women attend a mourning ceremony five days ahead of Ashoura, at the Sadat Akhavi Mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, September 5, 2019. Ashoura is the annual Shiite Muslim commemoration marking the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





An Iranian woman shows her phone cover of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she attends a rally to support headscarves at the Sahhid Shiroudi Stadium in Tehran, on July 11, 2019. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)





An Iranian woman buys shoes at a shoes store in a local bazaar at Bandar Abbas, Iran on August 22, 2019. (Photo by Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Iranian women walk past sculptures at the Azadi (freedom) tower in Tehran, Iran, 07 July 2019. According to media reports on 07 July, Iran announced in a statement that it will no longer be bound by the limit on uranium enrichment that was set in a 2015 deal after it blamed European countries for not meeting their commitments. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a military parade marking the 39th anniversary of the outset of the Iran-Iraq war, in front of the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini, in Tehran, Iran, on September 22, 2019. (Photo by Fatemah Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)





An Iranian woman visits the 28th handmade carpet exhibition at the international exhibition complex, in Tehran, Iran, 26 August 2019. The exhibition runs until 31 August. Carpet industry in Iran was affected by sanctions and export restrictions, as recent figures released in March showed a 30 percent drop in carpet exports. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE)





An Iranian woman walks during the traditional wedding of Sahar and Zal Sahbazi, Iranian nomad bride and groom, at Bazoft town in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran August 27, 2019. (Photo by Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





A general view of Valiasr square is seen in Tehran, Iran on September 5, 2019. (Photo by Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





Iranian Arab tribe popular forces participate in the ceremony of the National Army Day parade in Tehran, Iran September 22, 2019. (Photo by WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters)





In this Tuesday, July 2, 2019 photo, youngsters spend an afternoon while siting on steps outside a shopping mall in northern Tehran, Iran. A few daring women in Iran's capital have been taking off their mandatory headscarves, or hijabs, in public, risking arrest and drawing the ire of hard-liners. Many others stop short of outright defiance and opt for loosely draped scarves that show as much hair as they cover. More women are pushing back against the dress code imposed after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and activists say rebelling against the hijab is the most visible form of anti-government protest in Iran today. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, July 3, 2019 photo, a woman tests a crown for her wedding ceremony at a market in downtown Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





In this Wednesday, July 3, 2019 photo, mannequins with headscarves are placed at a market in downtown Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





In this Tuesday, July 2, 2019 photo, two Iranian women take selfie outside a shopping mall in northern Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A woman walks past a mural in a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 21, 2019. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





Actors perform Tazieh, a traditional play re-enacting the death of Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and 72 of his companions, a day ahead of Ashoura, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, September 9, 2019. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





A woman weeps while watching Tazieh, a traditional play re-enacting the death of Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and 72 of his companions, a day ahead of Ashoura, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, September 9, 2019. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)





In this October 16, 2018 file photo, Iranian women cheer as they wave their country's flag after authorities in a rare move allowed a select group of women into Azadi stadium to watch a friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia, in Tehran, Iran. Sahar Khodayari, an Iranian female soccer fan died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium where women are banned, a semi-official news agency reported Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019. The 30-year-old was known as the “Blue Girl” on social media for the colors of her favorite Iranian soccer team, Esteghlal. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo/File)





A carpet merchant sits at his shop in the old main bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. From an English-language teacher hoping for peace to an appliance salesman who applauded Donald Trump as a “successful businessman”, all said they suffered from the economic hardships sparked by re-imposed and newly created American sanctions. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)





An Iranian man holds an anti-US placard and shouts slogans during Friday prayers at the Imam Khomeini Mosque in Tehran, Iran, 19 July 2019. According to media reports, Iran has denied that the USS Boxer shot down an Iranian drone after it came within a kilometer of the ship in the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Iranian women try to hide their faces inside a prison cell in the women's section of the Evin prison in north Tehran on Tuesday, 13 June 2006. Most of the convicts are jailed for drugs use. (Photo by Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA)





Iranian bodybuilder Sharareh Nobahari, 30, assists her fitness trainees at a gym in Tehran, Iran on September 20, 2019. (Photo by Nazanin Tabatabaee/Reuters)