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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How Did Inflation in Iran Become the Most Chronic Structural Crisis?

More than 80 years after World War II, signs of collapse in Iran’s economy are reappearing with the same...

Repression and Human Rights Violations in Iran – April 2026

What distinguishes the pages of Iran’s history at the beginning of 2026 more than ever is the emergence of...

The 119th week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign in 56 prisons

In the 119th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, political prisoners in 56 prisons across Iran once...

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US Preparing for a Long-Term Blockade of Iran’s Ports

The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported that...

Iran: Three Young Protesters Executed by the Iranian Regime

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