{"id":6048,"date":"2009-02-17T09:35:25","date_gmt":"2009-02-17T09:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/human-rights\/6048-iran-35-nurses-fired-for-so-called-mal-veiling"},"modified":"2023-01-13T05:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T04:20:52","slug":"iran-35-nurses-fired-for-so-called-mal-veiling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-35-nurses-fired-for-so-called-mal-veiling\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: 35 nurses fired for so-called mal-veiling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-33023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2009\/02\/nurses-yazd150.jpg\" alt=\"An archive photo of nurses demonstration in Yazad\" title=\"An archive photo of nurses demonstration in Yazad\" width=\"150\" height=\"98\" align=\"right\" \/>NCRI &ndash; 35 nurses working for public hospitals were fired over so-called &quot;mal-veiling&quot; in the work environment in Tehran, according to human rights and democracy activists on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>35 nurses working for One Thousand Bed Hospital (Khomeini Hospital) were suddenly fired by Tehran University&#039;s medical center which runs the facility. 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