Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iranian police, activists clash on women’s day

Reuters: Iranian police clashed on Thursday with scores of rights activists who gathered in front of parliament to celebrate International Women's Day, one of...

Iranian women struggle for equality

BBC News: In the days before International Women's Day, 33 women were arrested in Tehran for peacefully protesting outside a court building. Thirty of...

Iran’s fundamentalists push for segregation on campus

The Guardian: Religious fundamentalists in Iran are demanding separate university classes for men and women in a drive to impose puritanical Islamic values on...

Girls as young as 9 living in the streets in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 21 – Girls as young as nine are running away from their homes and living on the streets in...

Iran’s female racing champion barred from defending title

The Guardian: She was the speed queen of the racetrack who became a feminist icon after triumphing over an all-male field to become Iran's...

Dozens of women arrested in protest in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 – Hundreds of Iranian women gathered outside the offices of the judiciary in Tehran on Tuesday in protest...

Male teachers to be barred from all-girls schools in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 19 – Iran’s Ministry of Education has issued a decree banning all male teachers from teaching in all-girls schools,...

Iran’s hard line begins at home

TIME: When Behnaz Mohsenian, 29, started English lessons at Tehran's Najdad Institute this spring, the 15 men and women in her class studied grammar...

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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...

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....

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...

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U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Reports Eighth Consecutive Night of Attacks Against IRGC

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced early Sunday, July 19,...

U.S. Freezes $130 Million in Iranian Regime Digital Assets

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a new...

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