Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Woman sentenced to death by stoning denied visits from lawyer, family

CNN: The Iranian woman awaiting possible execution by stoning was denied visits from her family and attorney this week, just days after her lawyer's...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran: Final verdict not in yet on stoning case

CNN: Iranian judicial authorities say a final verdict in the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning has not yet been made...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

IRAN: Hardliners push for family-law bill that activists say further erodes women’s rights

Los Angeles Times: Women's-rights activists and reformist politicians are alarmed over the push by some hardliners to reintroduce a family-law bill that not only...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran stonings ‘practices of another age’: Ashton

AFP: The European Union's foreign policy chief said Friday the EU was about to reject "practices of another age", after a woman was sentenced...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

France urges EU to threaten Iran sanctions over stoning

AFP: France has urged the European Union to threaten new sanctions against the Iranian regime in the case of a woman sentenced to be...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

France ups campaign to stop Iran woman stoning

AFP: A French campaign to stop the stoning to death of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery intensified Thursday after President Nicolas Sarkozy added...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Carla Sarkozy urges clemency for Iranian sentenced to stoning

Bloomberg: French first lady Carla Bruni- Sarkozy published a letter today in three national media outlets supporting an Iranian mother sentenced to death by...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran to raise baby girls as Basij members

RFE/RL: A female commander of the pro-government Basij militia, Zohreh Abbasi, has said that her unit has introduced a special program that allows baby...
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