Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran halts woman’s stoning ‘for now’

AFP: Iran's judiciary chief has temporarily halted the execution by stoning of a woman accused of adultery, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday,...

IRAN: Hard-line official insists stoning penalty for adultery stands, but is under a required review

Los Angeles Times: The hard-line chief of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, the longtime political operator and insider Mohammad-Javad Larijani, says the sentence...

Iran to review woman’s stoning sentence

CNN: Iran's top human rights official said the Islamic regime is reviewing a sentence of execution by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery....

Iran lawyer has no confirmation of woman’s stoning stay

AFP: The Iranian judiciary has yet to confirm any stay of implementation of a sentence of stoning handed down against a woman convicted of...

US appalled by ‘barbaric’ stoning plan in Iran

AFP: The United States on Thursday urged Iran not to stone to death a woman convicted of adultery, calling the punishment "barbaric." ...

Iran rejects women’s FIFA-approved soccer strip

Reuters: An Iranian official has rejected a new women's soccer strip which was created after the world football federation banned the team from international...

Iran’s Bank Melli to expand women-only branch network

Bloomberg: Iran’s government-owned Bank Melli will expand its network of women-only branches to all of the country’s provincial capitals. By Ali...

Fine handed down by Iran’s morality police to woman for “mal-veiling”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 22 - The following is a translation of a fine handed down by Iran’s morality police to a woman for...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

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...

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US Sanctions Network Involved in the Sale of Iranian Liquefied Petroleum Gas

The United States sanctioned a network involved in the...

Rationing and Sharp Increases in Bread Prices Across Iran

The livelihood crisis and intensifying economic pressures in Iran...

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