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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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: Three Young Protesters Executed by the Iranian Regime

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Iran: A Dangerous Country for Journalists

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Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 29 – There has...