Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iranian actress receives 18-month jail sentence

AFP: An Iranian court has sentenced filmmaker and actress Pegah Ahangarani to 18 months in prison, her mother told ISNA news agency ...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran warns Malaysia against hanging Iranian women

AFP: "The execution of two Iranian women in Malaysia will have negative effect on our bilateral ties," Hassan Ghashghavi, deputy foreign minister...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Hassan Rouhani is not a moderate

The Independent: Recent reports of the Iranian Parliament passing a bill including a clause that will legalise and permit men to marry 13...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran’s Sotoudeh says will continue defending rights

AFP: Prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh told AFP on Wednesday she was in "good" condition after three years in prison, and that she...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran foreign ministry appoints first-ever spokeswoman

AFP: Iran's foreign ministry has appointed its first-ever spokeswoman, with President Hassan Rowhani appearing to welcome the move as part of a ...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran ‘to name first female ambassador’

AFP: Iran plans to appoint a woman ambassador and a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry for the first time in the Islamic republic's...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran swimmer says record denied over unIslamic costume

AFP: An Iranian woman has claimed that the authorities in the Islamic republic have denied her a free water swimming record after saying...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Sports broadcasts pose moral quandary in Iran

AFP: Iran's volleyball triumph has created a dilemma for the state broadcaster, which is struggling to tailor its coverage of matches, attended...
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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...
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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...
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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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