Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran halts woman’s stoning ‘for now’

AFP: Iran's judiciary chief has temporarily halted the execution by stoning of a woman accused of adultery, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday,...

IRAN: Hard-line official insists stoning penalty for adultery stands, but is under a required review

Los Angeles Times: The hard-line chief of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, the longtime political operator and insider Mohammad-Javad Larijani, says the sentence...

Iran to review woman’s stoning sentence

CNN: Iran's top human rights official said the Islamic regime is reviewing a sentence of execution by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery....

Iran lawyer has no confirmation of woman’s stoning stay

AFP: The Iranian judiciary has yet to confirm any stay of implementation of a sentence of stoning handed down against a woman convicted of...

US appalled by ‘barbaric’ stoning plan in Iran

AFP: The United States on Thursday urged Iran not to stone to death a woman convicted of adultery, calling the punishment "barbaric." ...

Iran rejects women’s FIFA-approved soccer strip

Reuters: An Iranian official has rejected a new women's soccer strip which was created after the world football federation banned the team from international...

Iran’s Bank Melli to expand women-only branch network

Bloomberg: Iran’s government-owned Bank Melli will expand its network of women-only branches to all of the country’s provincial capitals. By Ali...

Fine handed down by Iran’s morality police to woman for “mal-veiling”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 22 - The following is a translation of a fine handed down by Iran’s morality police to a woman for...

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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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Political Prisoner Fathollah Avari Executed in Hamedan

In the early hours of Tuesday, June 2, the...

Political prisoner Soheil Arabi from Ghezel Hesar Prison: This Place Smells of Death and Execution

Soheil Arabi, a former political prisoner who was recently...

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