Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Destitute women paid to join Iran Cyber army

Iran Focus: Iran has been recruiting destitute women to pose as dissident bloggers, according to confidential information obtained from inside Iran's security forces and the so-called...

Iran president sacks cabinet’s sole woman

AFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked the sole woman in his cabinet, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, state television reported on...

Iran pays Russian women to cover up in nuclear plant: MP

AFP: Iran is paying Russian women working as technicians at its sole nuclear power plant to adhere to the Islamic dress code, an...

Iran MPs to look into case of hunger-striking lawyer – report

Reuters: Iranian legislators are to visit Tehran's Evin prison and look into the case of an imprisoned lawyer on hunger strike there amid...

U.S. demands Iran release hunger-striking human rights lawyer

Reuters: The United States on Friday demanded that Iran free jailed human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh, who it said has been on hunger...

Iranian blogger’s mother accuses authorities of killing him

Guardian: The mother of an Iranian blogger who died in custody has accused the authorities of killing her son and launching an...

Iranian human rights lawyer in fourth week of hunger strike

Toronto Star: Nasrin Sotoudeh’s awards would cover a wall. But 49-year-old Iranian human rights defender has no walls on which to hang them. She...

Iran may require actresses to wear Muslim dress in travel

Bloomberg: Iran plans to regulate the clothing of Iranian actresses traveling abroad to take part in cultural events, said Javad Shamaghdari, head of...

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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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The Collapse of Iran’s Economic Resilience

The latest international reports show that the Iranian regime’s...

Iranian Nurses Protest Unpaid Outstanding Claims

On May 30, a group of nurses in Yazd...

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Iran group must get ruling on terrorist label, court says

Bloomberg: The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran, designated a...