Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 – Iran’s clergy-dominated Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman accused of killing...

Women not permitted in cabinet of Iran’s new president

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Women will not be included in the cabinet of Iran’s new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a leading...

Iranian woman barred from work following husband’s complaint

AFP: A Tehran court has barred a young woman from working after her estranged husband complained she was only allowed to be a housewife,...

Kurdish women’s rights activist arrested in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – A prominent women’s rights activist in Iranian Kurdistan was arrested during a gathering organised in protest against...

Iran police arrest women for “un-Islamic” dress

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran has deployed squads of women-only vice police in a new crackdown on “un-Islamic” dress. Eight women...

Woman immolates self to avoid return to Iran jail

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 – A 30-year-old woman set herself on fire outside a justice department office in southern Iran on Monday...

Most runaway girls in Iran raped within first 24 hours – official

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 12 – Most runaway girls in Iran are raped within the first 24 hours of their departure, according to an...

Iran declares new crackdown on women, “social vice”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 11 - With the arrival of a top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as the country’s new police chief,...

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Political Prisoner Parisa Kamali Commemorates Martyrs of January Uprising In Defiant Message

Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner held in Yazd Prison, who has been sentenced to eight and a half years...

The Gallows: The Real Story of Iran Behind the Oslo Ceremony

In an article published on June 8, the Norwegian newspaper Fædrelandsvennen sought to draw public attention to a different...

Lebanese President Expresses Clear Opposition to Iran’s Regime

Recent remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the role of Iran's regime in developments in Lebanon have received...

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Iran Regime and Israel Resume Intense Reciprocal Attacks

Early Monday morning, as the Israeli military announced the...

Food Basket Share Reaches 71% of Iranian Workers’ Minimum Wage

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