Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran sentences woman to death by stoning

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 11 – An Islamic court in Tehran sentenced a woman to stoning for adultery in the town of Varamin,...

Iran hangs young woman in prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 08 – A young Iranian woman was hanged in prison in the north-eastern town of Shirevan, a state-run daily...

Iran women block off road during protest

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 07 – Dozens of women blockaded a main road leading to Tehran during a protest on Monday. Iran...

Women protest against Iran-linked torture centres in Iraq

Iran Focus: Baghdad, Dec. 05 – Iraqi women gathered outside a political party headquarters in Baghdad protesting secret prisons and torture chambers run by...

Iran court sentences woman to hanging

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 23 – Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman, state dailies reported on Wednesday. ...

Iran sentences woman to death by hanging

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14 – Iran’s State Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against a woman who had been accused of murdering...

Iran’s Ansar-e Hezbollah vows to root out mal-veiling

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 11 – The radical group Ansar-e Hezbollah pledged to Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that it would root out...

Two-thirds of Iran women victims of domestic abuse: official

AFP: Two thirds of Iranian women have suffered domestic violence and a quarter are unhappy with their gender, a social welfare official said Monday....

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Details of the Execution of six PMOI Members

Following the execution of six prisoners affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) by Iranian regime security...

International Conference Condemns Rise in Iran Executions, Voices Support for NCRI

An international conference was held near Paris on April 10 to protest the recent rise in executions in Iran....

Amnesty International: Internet Access Is a Fundamental Human Right and Must Be Restored Immediately

As Iran continues to experience one of its longest internet disruptions, Amnesty International on Friday, April 10, pointed to...

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U.S.–Iranian Regime Talks in Uncertainty

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