Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

9 Iranian female prisoners go on hunger strike

AP: At least nine Iranian women political prisoners have gone on a hunger strike to protest snap body searches and abuse by prison...

Lift restrictions on women’s education, rights group tells Iran

Reuters: Thirty-six universities across Iran have banned women from 77 different majors, including accounting, counseling, and engineering, for the school year that...

Iran’s alarming crackdown on women

New York Post: In “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” Azar Nafisi captured perfectly the conflicts facing the Iranian woman under the post-revolutionary regime ...

Universities in Iran put limits on women’s options

New York Times: Thirty-six universities in Iran have banned women from 77 fields of study. The ban, which was first reported Aug. 6 by...

Canada minister’s wife targeted over Iran activism

AFP: The Iranian-born activist wife of Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay has been targeted by what Canadian media describe as offensive Twitter...

Iran bans women from Euro 2012 screenings

AFP: Women in Iran are being banned from watching live public screenings of Euro 2012 football games because of an "inappropriate" environment...

Ahmadinejad should ‘open nightclubs’: Iran MP jibes

AFP: A hardline Iranian MP on Saturday took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for...

Tehran police in new dress code crackdown

AFP: Police in Tehran are conducting a new crackdown on women wearing mandatory headscarves improperly or in "vulgar" dress, the city's police ...

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Iran’s Regime Executes PMOI Member for Participating in January Uprising

The Iranian regime hanged Mehdi Khanaki, a 25-year-old law student, at dawn today, Wednesday, July 22. Agents of the Iranian...

30 Tir Uprising: The Historical Legacy of Iran’s Stand Against Dictatorship

The 30 Tir Uprising of July 21, 1952, stands as one of the defining moments in Iran’s modern history....

Iranian Regime Transfers Thousands of Centrifuges to Underground Mount Kolang Tunnel Complex

The Iranian regime has transferred thousands of uranium enrichment centrifuges to tunnels beneath "Mount Kolang," also known as "Pickaxe...

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Rising Youth Unemployment in Iran

The Iranian regime claims in its official reports that...

Execution of a Political Prisoner at Qezel Hesar Prison

Early this morning, Wednesday, Aref Khoshkar, a political prisoner...

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