Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran urged to end intimidation of “cyber-feminists”

Iran Focus: London, May 09 - The international press freedoms watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Iranian authorities earlier this week to end a...

Award-winning feminist given suspended jail term in Iran: report

AFP: Iran has handed down a suspended jail sentence to an award-winning women's rights activist found guilty of seeking to harm national security, press...

Iran launches new crackdown on dress code offenders

Reuters: Iranian police will launch a crackdown next month on small companies which fail to enforce strict religious dress codes, Mehr News Agency reported...

Iran women activists get suspended lashing sentences

Reuters: Three Iranian women's rights campaigners have received suspended lashing and jail sentences for taking part in a rally, a fellow activist said on...

Iran to confront ‘bad veiling’ in offices, cafes

AFP: Iranian police will confront women in private offices, or even socialising in cafes, whose dress is deemed improper, as part of a continued...

Iran activists protest feminist’s arrest

AFP: Hundreds of Iranian civil rights activists have signed an open letter calling for the release of a women's rights advocate arrested for "acting...

Iran: Top Shia cleric says unveiled women turn men into beasts

AKI: A top Shia cleric in Iran has said that unveiled women are a serious danger to Iranian society as they cause men to...

Iran’s young women find private path to freedom

The Observer: A headscarf pushed back to show off a new haircut, a tight jacket worn over traditional dress, expensive make-up ... the challenge...

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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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