Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

‘Adultery’ sisters to be stoned to death in Iran

Daily Telegraph: Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld death sentences against them, Iranian media...

Iranian sisters face stoning for adultery: report

AFP: Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad...

Iran: Leading women’s magazine forced to close

AKI: Iran's most important women's magazine, Zanan, (Women) has been forced to close after 16 years of publication, after being accused of painting a...

Iran: School textbooks latest target of sexual apartheid

AKI: Iranian authorities are looking at new restrictions that will create different school textbooks for boys and girls. Adnkronos InternationalTehran, 25 Jan. (AKI)...

Norway blasts Iran over execution

UPI: The government of Norway lashed out at Iran Wednesday for executing a woman convicted of killing her husband. United Press InternationalOSLO, Norway,...

Iran: Top cleric says women without veils must die

AKI: A top Muslim cleric in Iran, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said on Wednesday that women in Iran who do not wear the hijab...

Iran: Women excluded from sports in the name of Islam

AKI: The vice president of the Iranian Olympic Committee, Abdolreza Savar, has announced new rules to fight what he defines as the sport's "subjugation...

Two Iranian feminists charged with terrorism: judge

AFP: Iran has charged two women's rights activists with taking part in "terrorist" actions and belonging to a militant Kurdish separatist group, an investigating...

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UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

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