Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iranian cleric defends earthquake-promiscuity link

AP: A prominent hard-line Iranian cleric elaborated on his claim that promiscuity and immodest dress cause earthquakes, saying Friday that God may be holding...

EXCLUSIVE: U.N. elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights

FOX News: Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat...

Suntanned women to be arrested under Islamic dress code

Daily Telegraph: Iran has warned suntanned women and girls who looked like "walking mannequins" will be arrested as part of a new drive...

Iranian cleric: Promiscuous women cause quakes

AP: A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear immodest clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes. The Associated PressBy...

Claims of savage rape emerge from Iran’s prisons

AP: An Iranian opposition leader said Sunday that detained protesters are alleging male and female prisoners were savagely raped by their jailers to the...

Women in Iran’s protests: head scarves and rocks

AP: For years, women's defiance in Iran came in carefully planned flashes of hair under their head scarves, brightly painted fingernails and trendy clothing...

Young woman commits suicide in Iran prison after torture

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 04 - A female prisoner has committed suicide to escape “unbearable torture” by prison guards, according to reports from...

Iran women’s rights activist beaten in prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 26 - An Iranian women's rights activist was beaten by inmates inside a prison in the western province of...

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Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 117th Week

On Tuesday, April 21, the "No to Executions Tuesdays" campaign entered its 117th week. On this occasion, prisoners participating...

The Naval Blockade And the Structural Fracture of Iran’s Economy

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has now become one of the most decisive variables in Iran’s political...

Iran’s Regime Moves to Seize Assets of Dissidents

Iran's regime has once again revealed its true nature in the form of an overt state-backed theft; this time...

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CENTCOM Announced a Complete Naval Blockade of Iran

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the...

Iran’s ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks 117th Week

On Tuesday, April 21, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

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