In language class, the women, some wearing the traditional chador, followed the blackboard, where simple words were printed.

Her many foreign assignments included a trip to Iran for Holiday magazine in 1956; there she wore the traditional chador and traveled alone most of the time.

Oh, and Razieh is several months pregnant, a fact that is disguised by her traditional chador.

Two women, in traditional Muslim chador inspected cardboard boxes of vegetables.

She sat on a rock and occasionally lifted the cloth that covered her head, the traditional chador, to conceal her face.

Would that include wearing the traditional chador?

A traditional chador must be held awkwardly in place with one hand, and at mealtime, the garment needs a lot of attention.

One public service announcement on television shows a woman veiled in a traditional chador wielding a wrench to arrest a dripping bathroom tap.

Young women are required to wear the traditional black chador - the all-enveloping cloak - over long coats and tightly pinned headscarves, not only outside the dorm but inside as well.

Later after graduation as a student, she became a supporter of the political Islam of Ali Shariati and began wearing a traditional black chador covering everything except her face.