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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The Secret of the Kolang Mountain Nuclear Shelter

The Iranian regime's nuclear secrecy deep inside Kolang Mountain demonstrates its prioritization of destructive nuclear projects and its insistence...

Ghezel Hesar Prisoners Enter Ninth Day of Dry Hunger Strike

The mass hunger strike by death row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj entered its...

Iran’s Economy on the Brink of Hyperinflation

Masoud Nili, a regime-affiliated economist and faculty member at the Department of Management and Economics of Sharif University of...

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Collective Hunger Strike at Ghezel Hesar Prison Calls for Halt to Executions

Reports from Iran indicate that the hunger strike by...

Eighth Day of Hunger Strike by 1,500 Prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison

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