A year ago, an Iranian woman's death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

Iranian authorities have for months done little to enforce the law on women wearing the mandatory headscarf, but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the hijab. The effort comes ahead of the first anniversary of nationwide protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran's morality police last September. Authorities have started raiding companies where women without headscarves have been photographed. Iran's parliament is discussing a law that would increase punishments on those women and the businesses they frequent. The developments could foment new unrest — and all this as parliamentary elections loom next year.