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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Iran’s Regime Upholds Death Sentences of Five Political Prisoners in Ahvaz

Karoon Human Rights Organization reported that the death sentences of five political prisoners held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz...

Political Prisoner Yahgoub Derakhshan Sentenced to Death for a Second Time

Yahgoub Derakhshan, a political prisoner and supporter of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) held in Lakan Prison...

Widespread Student Protests Across the Country; Opposition to Educational Policies

Student protests against the educational policies of the Iranian regime, particularly the issue of the mandatory impact of grade...

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Political prisoner Soheil Arabi from Ghezel Hesar Prison: This Place Smells of Death and Execution

Soheil Arabi, a former political prisoner who was recently...

Widespread Student Protests Across the Country; Opposition to Educational Policies

Student protests against the educational policies of the Iranian...

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