Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

‘Mother, they’re going to kill me’: Calls for international tribunal into Iran’s ‘illegal’ hanging

Daily Mail: A 23-year-old woman made a frantic phonecall to her mother begging for help before Iran authorities held a rushed execution - disregarding...

Iran hangs young woman for teenage crime she denied

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, May 1 - A young Iranian woman, who was accused of a committing a crime when she was 17 and...

Rights group urges Iran not to stone women

Iran Focus: London, Mar. 09 - Amnesty International on Monday urged Iran to suspend stoning sentences pending for eight women. Iran FocusLondon, Mar....

Relieving the Iran woman pressure

RFE/RL: An adviser to Iran's President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has said that female engineers can serve society from home. Radio Free Europe /...

Starting at home, Iran’s women fight for rights

New York Times: In a year of marriage, Razieh Qassemi, 19, says she was beaten repeatedly by her husband and his father. Her husband, she...

Lawyer: Iran detains women’s rights activist

AP: A lawyer for an Iranian activist says police detained the woman while she was campaigning for equal marriage rights for women. The...

Iran confirms stoning sentence against adulteress: report

AFP: Iran's supreme court has confirmed a sentence of death by stoning against a woman convicted of adultery in the southern city of Shiraz,...

Iran urged to halt “crackdown” on women activists

Reuters: U.N. human rights investigators called on Iran on Thursday to end what they called a "crackdown" on women's rights activists who have been...

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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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FIFA Confronts Human Rights Violations in Iran Ahead of World Cup

As the world prepares for the 2026 FIFA World...

Political Prisoner Fathollah Avari Executed in Hamedan

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

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