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: No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign Marks 133rd Week

Reports indicate that on Tuesday, August 11, the No to Execution Tuesdays Campaign entered its 133rd week, with thousands...

British Couple Imprisoned in Iran End Hunger Strike After Nearly Three Months

The family of Lindsay and Craig Foreman, a British couple imprisoned in Iran, announced that the two had ended...

How the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Impacts the Livelihoods of the Iranian People

Military tensions and the Iranian regime's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have pushed the livelihoods of people inside...

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U.S. Sanctions Cryptocurrency Exchange Network Linked to Iran’s regime

The United States sanctioned a cryptocurrency exchange network in...

Maritime Blockade is Worse Than War, President of Iran-China Chamber of Commerce Warns

Majid-Reza Hariri, president of the Iran-China Chamber of Commerce,...

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Man hanged in public in south-east Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 20 - A man...