Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran hangs woman for murdering love rival

AFP: Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering a love rival, her lawyer told the official IRNA news agency. ...

Ahmadinejad urges girls to marry at 16

AP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged young girls to marry at age of 16 in his latest rejection of the country's once effective family...

Iran woman with stoning sentence shown on state TV

AP: Iranian state television has broadcast a purported statement by an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in which she calls...

Iran arrests three women lawyers: reports

AFP: Iranian authorities have arrested three female lawyers at an airport in Tehran after they arrived on a flight from Turkey, media reported on...

Iran fails to get seat on UN Women board

AFP: Iran failed in an election on Wednesday to secure a seat on the executive board of the new UN super agency to improve...

Nordic countries make joint appeal over Iran execution

AFP: Five Nordic countries issued a joint appeal to Iran Thursday, calling on the Islamic republic to commute the sentence against a woman condemned...

Iranian’s stoning would be ‘barbarous’: Brazil’s new leader

AFP: Brazil's female president-elect, Dilma Rousseff, said Wednesday she was "totally opposed" to the death-by-stoning sentence ordered for an Iranian woman, Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani. ...

Canada first lady urges Iran to free woman condemned to die

AFP: Canada's First Lady Maureen Harper on Wednesday condemned Iran's "senseless and continual" disregard for women's rights and called for the release of a...

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Tunnel Entrances at Isfahan Nuclear Site Blocked, According to The Telegraph

The Telegraph reported in a new article, citing satellite imagery, that the Iranian regime has moved to block three...

21-Hour Negotiations Between United States and Iranian Regime End with No Results

According to Reuters, after 21 hours of intensive talks between representatives of the United States and the Iranian regime...

A Fresh Wave of Arrests and Judicial Repression in Iran

As the widespread repression of citizens continues across different parts of Iran, the intelligence and law enforcement bodies of...

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U.S.–Iranian Regime Talks in Uncertainty

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