Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Nine face stoning death in Iran

BBC News: At least eight women and one man are reported to have been sentenced to death by stoning in Iran. BBC...

Iran women’s activist jailed for five years

Reuters: An Iranian women's rights activist has been sentenced to five years in prison on security-related charges, her lawyer said on Saturday. TEHRAN...

‘Harassed’ Iran student arrested

BBC: A female student in the Iranian city of Zanjan who alleged she was sexually harassed by a senior male lecturer - triggering a...

New Iranian dress code crackdown

BBC: Police in Iran have begun a new campaign against Western-style clothing and hairstyles. BBC NewsPolice in Iran have begun a new...

Iranian police crack down on dress code violations

AP: Police closed dozens of clothing stores and hairdressers and stopped cars and pedestrians in a crackdown on women who do not abide by...

Iran police start wider crackdown on un-Islamic dress

Reuters: Iranian police have launched a more extensive crackdown on "social corruption" such as women flouting Islamic dress codes, the Farhang-e Ashti newspaper reported...

Iran jails man campaigning for women’s rights-lawyer

Reuters: A court has sentenced a male activist for greater female rights in Iran to one year in prison, his lawyer and a fellow...

Iran jails male backer of feminism petition: report

AFP: A male defender of the feminist cause in Iran has been sentenced to a year in prison, the moderate Kargozaran newspaper reported on...

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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

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The Collapse of Iran’s Economic Resilience

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