Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iranian facing stoning speaks: ‘It’s because I’m a woman’

The Guardian: In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the woman whose sentence of death by stoning triggered an international outcry has accused the...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran’s account of woman’s crime shifting from adultery to murder

New York Times: Iran appears to be answering international criticism of its handling of the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran rejects Brazil asylum for woman facing stoning

Reuters: Iran on Tuesday rejected an offer by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to give asylum to an Iranian woman sentenced to...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

US backs Brazil asylum offer for Iran woman facing stoning

AFP: The United States urged Iran Monday to accept an asylum offer from Brazil for a Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Brazil offers haven to Iran woman in adultery case

AP: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva offered on Saturday to provide refuge to a woman who has been sentenced to death in...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran mother facing stoning pleads to see children

AFP: An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran stoning case woman fainted on hearing sentence, says cellmate

The Guardian: A former cellmate of a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran, who spent two years in prison with her and...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iranian prosecutor urges Islamic dress checks

Reuters: Iran's prosecutor called on Sunday for tighter checks on women who fail to observe Islamic dress code in public, the semi-official Mehr news...
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