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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Gas Shortage Casts Shadow Over Iran as Billions Wasted Through Gas Flaring

Before the summer has even ended and while the consequences of repeated power outages continue to weigh heavily on...

Construction Material Prices in Iran Increase by 100%

Iraj Rahbar, head of the Tehran Mass Builders Association, said that following the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran,...

Volker Türk Expresses Deep Concern Over Increase in Executions in Iran

The increase in executions in Iran has once again drawn reactions from international organizations. The United Nations says the...

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Iran’s Statistical Center: Point-To-Point Inflation in July Reached Nearly 88%

Amid Iran's deepening economic crisis and mounting pressure on...

Three Political Prisoners Subjected to Enforced Disappearance in Evin Prison

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