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Austria’s Islamic faith community previously supported headscarves for girls from age eight, resurfacing as a ban on headscarves for girls under 14 is set to take effect at the start of the school year.
<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_3851,w_5773/723299' alt='Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad tears a picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she speaks at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on February 17, 2026. (photo credit: Valentin Flauraud/AFP via Getty Images)' title='Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad tears a picture of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she speaks at the United Nations Offices in Geneva, on February 17, 2026. (photo credit: Valentin Flauraud/AFP via Getty Images)' /><br />Masih Alinejad, the target of the plot, fled Iran following the contentious 2009 presidential election and ensuing protest movement. She became a US citizen in 2019. <br />
CSPII Commentary: US authorities indicted Iraqi-Iranian Kataib Hezbollah commander Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi for allegedly orchestrating nearly 20 plots against Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe and North America under a front group. The charges include terrorism, bomb plotting, and material support for the IRGC and Kataib Hezbollah.