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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Iranian Political Prisoners Mark 61st Anniversary of PMOI Resistance

As the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) approaches the 61st anniversary of its founding on September 6, a...

Iran’s Rial in Freefall, Putting Strain on People’s Livelihoods

The U.S. dollar exchange rate in Iran's free market has surpassed 2.8 million rials, while the official rate remains...

Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

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Seventy Percent of Students at School in Tehran Have Dropped Out

In the latest sign of the collapse of education...

Iran’s Rial in Freefall, Putting Strain on People’s Livelihoods

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