Women in Iran have been posting photos on social media of themselves riding bicycles, defying a fatwa forbidding them from cycling in public.
It had been understood women that could cycle as long as religious concerns were respected.
But when asked recently, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, said women were not allowed to cycle in public or in the presence of strangers.
The issue came into focus earlier this year, when campaigners in Iran began marking "car-free Tuesdays" to encourage people to leave their cars at home in the hope of cutting down on pollution.
When women were seen taking part in campaign bike rides, it was frowned upon by some Iranian clerics. [BBC] Read more
