Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran rights activist denounces Rouhani’s suppression of women

Iran Focus London, 23 Apr - Human rights activist and member of the Iranian resistance Farideh Karimi has criticised President Hassan Rouhani’s decision to...

Iran steps up crackdown on women over attire

Iran Focus Tehran, 22 Apr - The Iranian government has launched a new plan to rigorously enforce veiling laws. Some 7,000 morality officers have...

3 women executed in Iran as EU officials held trade talks in Tehran last week

Iran Focus London, 17 Apr - Three women were executed last week in Iran, all on the same day, just as European Union foreign...

Iran’s women hounded on the streets for mal-veiling

Iran Focus London, 16 Apr - The oppression of women in Iran has increased in recent weeks as the country’s Gasht-e-Ershad (meaning Guidance Patrol,...

Air France crew protest mandatory headscarf in flights to Iran

Iran Focus Paris, 3 Apr - A number of female Air France cabin crew are resisting an airline ruling that they should wear a...

Pledge for Parity: Women United Against Islamic Fundamentalism

Just before International Women’s Day 2016, many prominent political and human rights figures attended a conference in Paris along with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi on...

Iran impounds tens of thousands of cars for women’s mal-veiling

Iran has impounded tens of thousands of cars since March because women inside the vehicles had not properly covered their hair with a headscarf,...

Arrested civil activists in Iran’s prisons left in limbo

London, 6 Sep - Eleven months after the arrest of Nahid Gorji in Mashhad, northeastern Iran, and considering her decreasing psychological conditions while in...

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Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held in Lakan Prison...

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...

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US Sanctions Network Involved in the Sale of Iranian Liquefied Petroleum Gas

The United States sanctioned a network involved in the...

Regime Insiders Admit That Majority of Iranians Are Dissatisfied

Hossein Marashi, secretary-general of the Executives of Construction Party,...

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