Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran’s police set for new crackdown on ‘models’

AFP: Police in the Iranian capital are poised to launch a fresh crackdown targeting "models of corruption", or in other words poorly-veiled women, press...

Tehran police launch campaign to keep women covered up

AFP: Tehran police chief Brigadier General Morteza Talaie has announced a new campaign to ensure women keep covered up in public in keeping with...

Child prostitution ring run by Revolutionary Guards officers uncovered in Iran

Iran Focus: Neka, Apr. 11 – A number of government officials and security officers were arrested during raids on at least five houses used...

Defeating misogyny in Iran

American Thinker: Last month, an anti-government riot erupted in Tehran following a soccer match between Iran and Japan. Eye-witnesses reported that the regime used...

Save the Women, Save Ourselves

National Review Online: Two summers ago, a middle-aged Iranian-Canadian journalist named Zahra Kazemi was arrested in Tehran while taking photographs of regime hoodlums beating...

Kazemi was tortured, Iranian doctor says

CBC News: Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi showed signs of being savagely beaten when she was brought to a Tehran hospital in 2003, said an...

In Iran, a time for courage

Denver Post: This is a time to celebrate the acts of courage. This is a time to reflect on progress we've made. This is...

Woman racer upsets testosterone-driven Iran

AFP: When behind the wheel, Iranian women have to put up with all sorts of verbal abuse from the testosterone-charged types that dominate the...

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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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Iran Intensifies Pressure on Families of PMOI Prisoners Amid Expanding Crackdown

Iranian authorities have intensified pressure on the families of...

Iran’s National Currency Has Declined by 120% Over the Past Year

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