'An Iranian Muslim girl has reportedly come under attack in Britain after refusing to remove her hijab amid a new wave of Islamophobia in Western countries.

The incident occurred on Wednesday when London resident Zahra Kazemi Saleh was attacked by four young British women as she was going home from school, Tabnak reported on Thursday. The Iranian member of the Muslim Student Council was attacked in broad daylight by the girls who did not like Zahra's refusal to take off her hijab.'

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