Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

France says Iran woman will not be hanged Wednesday

Reuters: An Iranian woman accused of adultery will not be executed on Wednesday, France's foreign minister said, citing a telephone conversation with his Iranian...

US demands Iran stop adultery execution

AFP: The United States urged Iran to halt the reportedly imminent execution of a mother-of-two for adultery, saying the case showed a fundamental disregard...

London says Iran stoning execution would be ‘unacceptable’

AFP: London told Iran Tuesday that it would view the execution of an Iranian mother convicted of adultery as "utterly unacceptable", amid reports that...

Iran plans to execute woman in stoning case

Fox News: Human rights observers warn that Iran plans to execute a woman whose sentence to stoning has drawn international condemnation. ...

EU concerned at ‘imminent’ Iran execution

AFP: Chief European Union diplomat Catherine Ashton was "deeply concerned" at reports that the execution of a woman convicted of adultery in Iran was...

French supporters fear Iranian woman to be stoned Wednesday

AFP: French human rights activists campaigning for the freedom of a Iranian mother who was convicted of adultery say they fear she could be...

Iranian women ‘in slavery’: stoning woman’s lawyer

AFP: Iranian women have been forced into slavery, the former lawyer for Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, the Iranian woman facing death by stoning, said Thursday. ...

An adulteress could in theory be stoned, Iran prosecutor says

Washington Post: Iran's chief prosecutor on Monday contradicted earlier statements by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by saying a woman convicted of adultery could in theory...

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Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

Bread Prices and the New Wave of Price Increases and Rationing in Iran

In recent days, the issue of bread prices has become one of the most important livelihood concerns in Iran....

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Regime Insiders Admit That Majority of Iranians Are Dissatisfied

Hossein Marashi, secretary-general of the Executives of Construction Party,...

From Inflation to Food Insecurity, Iran Is Moving Toward a Hidden Famine

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