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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Aftermath of the War: Iranian Workers’ Lives in Grip of a Livelihood Crisis

Following the US and Israeli war against Iran’s regime, the impact of the attacks has not been limited to...

The Voice They Could Not Silence: Vahid Bani Amerian’s Final Testament

The executions carried out in Ghezel Hesar Prison between March 30 and April 4, 2026, marked another chapter in...

How Did Inflation in Iran Become the Most Chronic Structural Crisis?

More than 80 years after World War II, signs of collapse in Iran’s economy are reappearing with the same...

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UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

The 119th week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign in 56 prisons

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