Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

The morality police try to roll back reform amid culture clash in Iran

The Times: As darkness falls the floodlit domes and minarets of the great Jamkaran mosque begin to glow in translucent greens and turquoise. ...

Iran’s girl fighter goes for gold

ABC News: She is a real Iranian fighter, fierce and focused on taking down an opponent. At 20 years old, tae kwon do champion...

Amnesty: Iran repressing women’s rights activists

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 28 – A prominent international human rights organisation accused Iran on Thursday of “detaining” and “harassing” activists “working to defend...

WITNESS: “Hijab problem” sparks police standoff in Tehran

Reuters: Wearing a brightly colored headscarf and high-heeled boots, the woman refused to be bundled into the police van without a fight. By...

Iran: Father ‘stones 14-year-old daughter to death’

AKI: A man known as Sharif has reportedly stoned his fourteen-year-old daughter to death in southeastern Iran because for allegedly having a relationship with...

Iran detains two women rights campaigners: activist

Reuters: Iranian police have detained two women's rights campaigners and accused them of spreading propaganda against the Islamic state, a fellow activist said on...

Does Iranian government fear educated women?

RFE/RL: Who’s afraid of girls? The Iranian government, it seems. Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the number of Iranian girls enrolling...

Amnesty: Two sisters to be stoned to death in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 08 – The international human rights group Amnesty International warned on Thursday that two sisters, Zohreh and Azar Kabiri-niat, were...

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U.S. Sanctions Cryptocurrency Exchange Network Linked to Iran’s regime

The United States sanctioned a cryptocurrency exchange network in the United Arab Emirates for allegedly assisting the Islamic Revolutionary...

Iran’s Regime Fabricates Cases Against Teachers and Their Resistance to Authoritarian Rule

The Iranian regime's campaign to suppress teachers has continued following the January 2026 protests. Through arrests, imprisonment, and harsh...

Iran’s Housing Crisis Pushes People Toward Informal Settlements and Homelessness

The state-run Rokna news website published remarks by Iraj Rahbar, head of the Tehran Association of Mass Home Builders,...

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