: a large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl usually by Muslim women especially in Iran
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Relatives hum around the graves, many of them women clad in the black ankle-length chadors favored by Iranian conservatives.
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Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
One of the defining images of the revolution in 1979 was an Iranian woman in a traditional black Shiite chador holding a G-3 rifle.
—Ramin Jahanbegloo, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Exhibited in a former royal palace in January, a fashion show included black chadors alongside floral patterns and bright colors.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2024
On one side of the street were women in black chadors and abayas, many carrying A4-sized portraits of the three girls.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
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Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
One of the defining images of the revolution in 1979 was an Iranian woman in a traditional black Shiite chador holding a G-3 rifle.
—Ramin Jahanbegloo, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
Exhibited in a former royal palace in January, a fashion show included black chadors alongside floral patterns and bright colors.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Feb. 2024
On one side of the street were women in black chadors and abayas, many carrying A4-sized portraits of the three girls.
—Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023
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