Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iranian cleric defends earthquake-promiscuity link

AP: A prominent hard-line Iranian cleric elaborated on his claim that promiscuity and immodest dress cause earthquakes, saying Friday that God may be holding...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

EXCLUSIVE: U.N. elects Iran to Commission on Women’s Rights

FOX News: Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Suntanned women to be arrested under Islamic dress code

Daily Telegraph: Iran has warned suntanned women and girls who looked like "walking mannequins" will be arrested as part of a new drive...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iranian cleric: Promiscuous women cause quakes

AP: A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear immodest clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes. The Associated PressBy...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Claims of savage rape emerge from Iran’s prisons

AP: An Iranian opposition leader said Sunday that detained protesters are alleging male and female prisoners were savagely raped by their jailers to the...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Women in Iran’s protests: head scarves and rocks

AP: For years, women's defiance in Iran came in carefully planned flashes of hair under their head scarves, brightly painted fingernails and trendy clothing...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Young woman commits suicide in Iran prison after torture

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 04 - A female prisoner has committed suicide to escape “unbearable torture” by prison guards, according to reports from...
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Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran women’s rights activist beaten in prison

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 26 - An Iranian women's rights activist was beaten by inmates inside a prison in the western province of...
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