Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Human Rights Watch: FIVB Should Launch Investigation and Work to End Exclusion of Women

Iran Focus London, 14 October - An article published in The Human Rights Watch on October 13 advises The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) that they...

The Ruling Misogynist Regime in Iran Must Never Enjoy any Opportunity to Legitimize Itself

Iran Focus London, 5 October - A prominent Iranian women’s group has condemned the decision to hold the Women's World Chess Championship in Iran. The Women's...

Iran: NCRI’s Women’s Committee Reports more Bad News for Woman

Iran Focus London, 1 October -Thursday morning, September 29, another woman was hanged. The number of women executed under the regime of President Rouhani has...

The ridiculous Fatwa of Iran regime’s supreme leader

London, 14 Sep - Iran’s supreme leader has issued a fatwa banning women from cycling in public because of the risk of societal corruption. In...

Nearly 4,500 Iranian clothes shops closed in 2015 for breaching morality code

Iran FocusLondon, 18 Aug - More than 4,400 clothes shops were shut down in 2015 for violating the strict morality code in Iran, according...

Iran forces women to wear the veil to receive public services

Iran Focus London, 15 Aug - Despite its claims of moderation, the government of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani has been taking increasing measures to...

Gender apartheid extended in Iran

Iran FocusTehran, 27 Jul - A group of women and girls was arrested for riding bicycles in Marivan, in Iran’s Kurdistan Province on July 26....

Iran lashes woman in public

Iran Focus Tehran, 30 Apr - A woman has received 100 lashings in the town of Golpayegan, central Iran. State-run Serat News Agency reported...

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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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UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

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