Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

62,000 ‘badly veiled’ women warned in Iran holy province

AFP: Iranian police have issued warnings to 62,000 women who were "badly veiled" in the Shiite holy province of Qom as part of a...

Police attack women at Isfahan airport

Iran Focus: Isfahan, Jun. 16 – Security agents in Isfahan Airport on Wednesday attacked and beat up a number of women. ...

Iran opens first women-only bank branch

AFP: Iran has opened a women-only branch of a bank in the religious northeastern city of Mashhad in a bid to promote Islamic culture,...

Iranian authorities step up arrests of women for ‘immodest’ dress

Washington Post: Iranian authorities have begun police patrols in the capital to arrest women wearing clothes deemed improper. The Washington Post...

Iran’s new ‘hi-tech’ veil

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 02 – As Iran steps up its annual pre-summer clampdown on women it considers to be 'immodestly' dressed, Iranian state...

Iran holy city ups fine for unveiled women

Reuters: Iran's second biggest city has massively increased the amount it fines for women who fail to observe the Islamic dress code and don't...

Tehran prayer leader urges crackdown on dress code

Iran Focus: Tehran, May 21 - Tehran’s Friday prayer leader, Guardian Council Secretary Ahmad Jannati, urged a crackdown on violations of the dress code...

“Anti-vice” patrols crack down in Isfahan

Iran Focus: Isfahan, Iran, May 19 - State Security Force in the central Iranian cities of Isfahan and Shahinshahr have launched a major crackdown...

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Following the US and Israeli war against Iran’s regime, the impact of the attacks has not been limited to...

The Voice They Could Not Silence: Vahid Bani Amerian’s Final Testament

The executions carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison between March 30 and April 4, 2026, marked another chapter in...

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More than 80 years after World War II, signs of collapse in Iran’s economy are reappearing with the same...

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