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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Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

Corruption in Iran’s Ports Reaches the Regime’s Parliament

The corruption case in Iran’s ports has once again become one of the controversial issues in the regime’s parliament....

Heavy Collapse in Iranian Workers’ Purchasing Power Over the Past 10 Years

In recent years, and particularly in the months following the recent war, workers’ “real wages” in Iran have experienced...

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Leila Abolhasani, Mother of Two Young Daughters, Sentenced to Death

Leila Abolhasani, a 43-year-old citizen and mother of two...

Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported...

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