Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

‘Adultery’ sisters to be stoned to death in Iran

Daily Telegraph: Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld death sentences against them, Iranian media...

Iranian sisters face stoning for adultery: report

AFP: Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad...

Iran: Leading women’s magazine forced to close

AKI: Iran's most important women's magazine, Zanan, (Women) has been forced to close after 16 years of publication, after being accused of painting a...

Iran: School textbooks latest target of sexual apartheid

AKI: Iranian authorities are looking at new restrictions that will create different school textbooks for boys and girls. Adnkronos InternationalTehran, 25 Jan. (AKI)...

Norway blasts Iran over execution

UPI: The government of Norway lashed out at Iran Wednesday for executing a woman convicted of killing her husband. United Press InternationalOSLO, Norway,...

Iran: Top cleric says women without veils must die

AKI: A top Muslim cleric in Iran, Hojatolislam Gholam Reza Hassani said on Wednesday that women in Iran who do not wear the hijab...

Iran: Women excluded from sports in the name of Islam

AKI: The vice president of the Iranian Olympic Committee, Abdolreza Savar, has announced new rules to fight what he defines as the sport's "subjugation...

Two Iranian feminists charged with terrorism: judge

AFP: Iran has charged two women's rights activists with taking part in "terrorist" actions and belonging to a militant Kurdish separatist group, an investigating...

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Iranian Political Prisoners Mark 61st Anniversary of PMOI Resistance

As the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) approaches the 61st anniversary of its founding on September 6, a...

Iran’s Rial in Freefall, Putting Strain on People’s Livelihoods

The U.S. dollar exchange rate in Iran's free market has surpassed 2.8 million rials, while the official rate remains...

Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

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The Strange Business of Real Estate Agents and Grave Sales in Iran

The state-run Hamshahri newspaper reported on the buying and...

Seventy Percent of Students at School in Tehran Have Dropped Out

In the latest sign of the collapse of education...

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