Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran’s Government and Trafficking of Women

The human trafficking of Iranian women and girls has become one of the country’s main social crises. One of the destinations of these women...

The Plight of Female Street Vendors in Iran

Female street vendors are facing harassment – physical, sexual, and psychological – and violence every day on the metro in Tehran because of the...

NCRI Women: Report on Women’s Protest in Iran in May

The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has released a report into the increased levels of protest by Iranian...

Why Are Medical Interns Committing Suicide?

In May, a state-run news outlet in Iran did a major article on the “suicide of young medical interns”, following the deaths from the...

Women’s Participation in Politics, The Economy, and Education in Iran

The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women held its 65th meeting in March with the theme of “women’s full and effective participation...

Iran Joins UN Commission on the Status of Women

These days beside the news about the coronavirus, wars, and poverty another news surprised the entire civilized world. ‘The Islamic republic of Iran is becoming...

Iran’s Misogynous Birth Rate Bill

The current Iranian parliament is only 5.7% female. Even those women who are MPs are from the fundamentalist faction, which is controlled by Supreme...

The Dire Situation of Iranian Women’s Sports

As Tuesday was the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, what better time to examine the situation of women in sport under...

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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...

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

Leila Abolhasani, a 43-year-old citizen and mother of two teenage daughters, is among those arrested during the January protests...

Price of Cement in Iran Rises 90% in Six Months

The head of the Association of Building Materials Sellers announced that cement prices have increased by more than 90%...

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The Broken Chain of Healthcare in Iran’s Most Deprived Province

In recent days, the death of a teenager once...

Iran’s Oil Exports: The Strait of Hormuz No Longer Tehran’s Leverage

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