The Menace of the Mullahs

A woman’s bold fight to unveil Iran

As a child, she roamed her rural village mischievously poking at beehives. Now, Masih Alinejad pokes a much more dangerous colony — the mullah-led government of her native Iran. The object of her crusade is the “hijab,” the headscarf, without which no woman in Iran is allowed to appear in public. “The hijab,” says Alinejad, “makes the woman a hostage to the Iranian regime.”
Since childhood, the natural born rebel has bristled at the religious dictates of the bearded men. And she has paid a high price. At just 18 years old, Alinejad was imprisoned. She has lost her job as a top journalist. She has lost her home. She has lost her family. In 2009, US Pr ...