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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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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