Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Women biggest victims of Iran quake

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 25 – More than two thousand women in the earthquake-stricken city of Bam in southern Iran live in extreme poverty,...

649 under-14 girls arrested in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 23 – The commander of Iran's State Security Forces in Tehran announced that 649 teenage girls under 14 years...

Iran denies women can run for presidency: Update

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 22 – Iran has denied allowing women to take part in this year's presidential elections. This morning Reuters news agency...

Iran denies allowing women to take part in presidential elections

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 22 – Iran has denied allowing women to take part in this year's presidential elections. This morning Reuters news agency...

Eighty-nine percent of unemployed women in Iran highly educated

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 17 – Eighty-nine percent of unemployed women in Iran are highly educated, with many in universities, according to a senior...

Victim’s family pardons Iranian woman, seeks blood money

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 12 - A woman sentenced to death for killing a senior police officer who tried to rape her has been...

Friday Prayers Leader denounces mal-veiling in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jan. 10 - Iran’s Friday Prayers Leader for the city of Urumiyeh (northwest Iran) demanded a harsher crackdown on “mal-veiling” in...

Iran’s conservative MPs turn to fashion design

AFP: Deputies in Iran's conservative-run parliament have begun preparing designs for what will be a new national costume aimed at stemming the encroachment of...

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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...

Rationing and Sharp Increases in Bread Prices Across Iran

The livelihood crisis and intensifying economic pressures in Iran have now affected one of the most basic daily necessities...

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Parviz Sabeti, Notorious SAVAK Torturer, Faces Court After Decades of Silence

Although decades have passed since the fall of the...

Lebanese President Expresses Clear Opposition to Iran’s Regime

Recent remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the...

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