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Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of the Iranian president, defended harsh penalties for hijab law violations amid protests. The wife of the president of Iran defended a law passed this week designed to impose harsher sentences on women who do not wear hijabs in public, comparing the rules to "dress codes everywhere" in an interview with ABC's "This Week." You can see Martha Raddatz's full interview with Jamileh Alamolhoda on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday at 9 a.m. EDT. Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of Iran's president, sat down with ABC News' Martha Raddatz to discuss the country's strict hijab law, Sept. 20, 2023. ABC News Raddatz asked Alamolhoda about the subject, but the Iranian president's wife did not directly answer when asked about what the punishment for noncompliance should be. "What do you think should happen to women who choose not to wear a hijab?" Raddatz asked. "It is out of respect for women ," Alam...

Hawaii tourism officials are urging tourists to be respectful when flocking to a national park on the Big Island to get a glimpse of the latest eruption of Kilauea HONOLULU -- Hawaii tourism officials urged tourists to be respectful of cultural and spiritual meanings when flocking to a national park on the Big Island to get a glimpse of the latest eruption of Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes. Kilauea, Hawaii’s second-largest volcano, began erupting Wednesday after a three-month pause. Word of its lava fountains spread quickly, bringing crowds to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on Thursday lowered Kilauea’s alert level from warning to watch because lava flow declined and no infrastructure is threatened. The eruption activity is confined to the closed area of the park. “Out of respect for the cultural and spiritual significance of a volcanic eruption and the crater area for many kamaʻāina, the Hawaiʻi Touris...