Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

The morality police try to roll back reform amid culture clash in Iran

The Times: As darkness falls the floodlit domes and minarets of the great Jamkaran mosque begin to glow in translucent greens and turquoise. ...

Iran’s girl fighter goes for gold

ABC News: She is a real Iranian fighter, fierce and focused on taking down an opponent. At 20 years old, tae kwon do champion...

Amnesty: Iran repressing women’s rights activists

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 28 – A prominent international human rights organisation accused Iran on Thursday of “detaining” and “harassing” activists “working to defend...

WITNESS: “Hijab problem” sparks police standoff in Tehran

Reuters: Wearing a brightly colored headscarf and high-heeled boots, the woman refused to be bundled into the police van without a fight. By...

Iran: Father ‘stones 14-year-old daughter to death’

AKI: A man known as Sharif has reportedly stoned his fourteen-year-old daughter to death in southeastern Iran because for allegedly having a relationship with...

Iran detains two women rights campaigners: activist

Reuters: Iranian police have detained two women's rights campaigners and accused them of spreading propaganda against the Islamic state, a fellow activist said on...

Does Iranian government fear educated women?

RFE/RL: Who’s afraid of girls? The Iranian government, it seems. Recent years have seen a dramatic rise in the number of Iranian girls enrolling...

Amnesty: Two sisters to be stoned to death in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Feb. 08 – The international human rights group Amnesty International warned on Thursday that two sisters, Zohreh and Azar Kabiri-niat, were...

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Tunnel Entrances at Isfahan Nuclear Site Blocked, According to The Telegraph

The Telegraph reported in a new article, citing satellite imagery, that the Iranian regime has moved to block three...

21-Hour Negotiations Between United States and Iranian Regime End with No Results

According to Reuters, after 21 hours of intensive talks between representatives of the United States and the Iranian regime...

A Fresh Wave of Arrests and Judicial Repression in Iran

As the widespread repression of citizens continues across different parts of Iran, the intelligence and law enforcement bodies of...

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Iranian Regime Rejects U.S. Ceasefire Proposal, Major Attack on Asaluyeh Petrochemical Facilities

On Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported that...

Details of the Execution of six PMOI Members

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