Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Ban on Iranian Women Attending Football Matches Stands

Iran Focus London, 5 Sep - Iran blamed a "technical glitch" for allowing female football fans to buy tickets to watch the men's national...

A Woman’s Place Is in the (Iranian) Resistance

Iran Focus London, 5 Jul - In many movements for social change or social justice, women are there doing a lot of the grunt work...

Iran Fails to Protect Its People From Human Trafficking

Iran Focus London, 30 Jun -  Iran has been ranked among the worst offenders for human trafficking according to the latest report by the...

Women Targeted Under Iran Regime’s “Fire at Will” Law

Iran Focus London, 20 Jun - The coordination council of the Iranian Ansar-e Hezbollah has threatened to use the "fire at will” law against women...

15 Nurses in Iran Died Last Year Due to Appalling Working Conditions

Iran Focus London, 15 Jun - Fifteen nurses in Iran died at work in 2016 due to overwork and stress, according to the deputy...

Iranian Women Defy Cycling Fatwa

Iran Focus London, 15 Jun - Many women in Iran are getting on their bikes in deliberate defiance of the fatwa that bans them...

10 Iranian Provinces Fail Hijab Standards

Iran Focus London, 26 May - The Iranian Regime claims that 10 of its provinces have crossed what they refer to as a “Hijab...

Iranian Women Face Discrimination in Employment

Iran Focus London, 25 May - Human Rights Watch has released a 59-page report, called ‘It’s a Men’s Club’: Discrimination Against Women in Iran’s...

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Widespread Student Protests Across the Country; Opposition to Educational Policies

Student protests against the educational policies of the Iranian regime, particularly the issue of the mandatory impact of grade...

Expansion of Rent-Seeking and Corruption in Iran’s Car Industry

Car imports and the crises resulting from them have become one of the major issues in Iran today. In...

Regime Insiders Admit That Majority of Iranians Are Dissatisfied

Hossein Marashi, secretary-general of the Executives of Construction Party, acknowledges parts of the social divide between the Iranian people...

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Experts Warn About Declining Dairy Consumption and the Risk of Expanding Malnutrition in Iran

With dairy prices rising again and consumption declining in...

Iranian Nurses Protest Unpaid Outstanding Claims

On May 30, a group of nurses in Yazd...

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