Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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. ...
Ram -
Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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...
Ram -
Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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...
Ram -
Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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...
Ram -
Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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...
Ram -
Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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...
Ram -
Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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...
Ram -
Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

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...
Ram -
1...424344...67Page 43 of 67

Latest news

Iran

Iran’s Regime Executes PMOI Member for Participating in January Uprising

The Iranian regime hanged Mehdi Khanaki, a 25-year-old law student, at dawn today, Wednesday, July 22. Agents of the Iranian...
General

30 Tir Uprising: The Historical Legacy of Iran’s Stand Against Dictatorship

The 30 Tir Uprising of July 21, 1952, stands as one of the defining moments in Iran’s modern history....
Iran

Iranian Regime Transfers Thousands of Centrifuges to Underground Mount Kolang Tunnel Complex

The Iranian regime has transferred thousands of uranium enrichment centrifuges to tunnels beneath "Mount Kolang," also known as "Pickaxe...

Must read

Iran

Iranian Regime Executes Two Defendants in Isfahan Protests

The Iranian regime's judiciary announced the execution of Erfan...
Iran

Iran’s ‘No to Executions Tuesdays’ Campaign Marks130th Week

On Tuesday, July 21, the "No to Executions Tuesdays"...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you

Special Wire

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrives in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 19 - Venezuelan President...
Ram -
Life in Iran Today

Hard times weigh heavily on Iranians on New Year’s holiday

Reuters: These should be prosperous days for Ali Pasha,...
Ram -
Iraq

Iraq’s Shi’ite bloc to vote on PM Jaafari

Reuters: Iraq's Shi'ite Alliance said on Thursday it would...
Ram -