Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran test-fires new missile near Iraq – state media

Reuters: Iran has test-fired a new type of missile during war games near the Iraqi border, state television said on Tuesday, after warning the...

Iran holds student living in U.S. on security charges

Reuters: An Iranian female student, who was arrested in Tehran last month while visiting from the United States, is accused of acting against national...

Iran steps up policing of Islamic dress – report

Reuters: Iran has doubled the number of police assigned to its more than year-long crackdown against women flouting Islamic dress codes, Kargozaran newspaper said...

Sweden blasts Iran for sending women rights activist to jail

AFP: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Friday criticised Iran for sentencing women's rights activist Parvin Ardalan to prison, saying it revealed Tehran's "deteriorated...

Iranian women’s rights campaigners imprisoned

The Guardian: Four women's rights campaigners in Iran have been sentenced to six months in jail just as activists were celebrating a rare success,...

Iran sentences women rights activists to jail

AFP: Iran has sentenced four women's rights activists to six months in jail over articles written on feminist websites, a newspaper reported on Wednesday....

U.S. sanctions five Iranian groups over nuclear work

Reuters: The U.S. Treasury on Tuesday imposed sanctions against five more Iranian entities it said had provided support or materials to Iran's nuclear and...

Iranian adulterers to be stoned

Daily Telegraph: Eight women and one man convicted of adultery are set to be stoned to death in Iran, according to activists and lawyers....

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U.S. Naval Blockade of Iran Begins on Monday

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that starting Monday, April 13, it will begin enforcing a broad naval blockade against...

Iran’s Economy Beneath the Rubble of War and Structural Collapse

The recent war between the United States, Israel, and Iran’s regime was not merely a military confrontation; rather, it...

Mass Worker Layoffs in Iran’s Industries Under the Shadow of War

As tensions escalate and the heavy shadow of foreign war falls over Iran’s economy, signs of collapse in the...

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