Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran Freedom Committee: UN Security Council must consider Iran’s rights violations

PoliticsHome: More than 110 members of both Houses of Parliament including former Ministers and religious leaders supported a statement about the Iranian women’s struggle for...

Iran says woman sentenced to stoning given ‘leave’ from prison

Reuters: An Iranian woman sentenced to die by stoning for adultery and later given a 10-year jail term instead has been allowed to leave...

Women lead fight against Islamism

New York Post: International Women’s Day, celebrated Saturday for the 106th year, marks continued progress for women across the world, but that progress has been...

Women leading the fight against Islamist extremism

Washington Examiner: International Women's Day, celebrated this week for the 106th year, marks continued progress for women across the world., but that progress has been...

Paris conference on International Women Day

Ground Report: Women activists from around the globe joined with prominent women politicians and dignitaries from Europe and the US to reject the notion that...

The Islamic State of Iran and gender discrimination

Front Page: Only a few days after a United Nations Special Rapporteurs announcement on the situation of human rights in Iran, a woman was hanged...

Women of Iran defy mullahs by embracing western fashions

Fox News: Many young Iranians have become emboldened in how they walk the streets, showing an affinity for Western clothing, jewelry, makeup and hairstyles. But...

UN women’s rights resolution passed despite backlash

AFP: A UN General Assembly committee has agreed a landmark first resolution on women's rights defenders such as Malala Yousafzai. Iran, Russia, China...

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Iran’s Regime Upholds Death Sentences of Five Political Prisoners in Ahvaz

Karoon Human Rights Organization reported that the death sentences of five political prisoners held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz...

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...

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Iran’s Aging Fleet Reveals Road Infrastructure Disorder and a Regime Without Solutions

The condition of Iran’s road transportation sector, including its...

Iranian Authorities Dismiss Professors, Harass Dismissed Faculty Members at University

On March 31, the state-run ILNA news agency published...

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White House rejects Ahmadinejad accusations

AFP: The White House Thursday accused President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad...