Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran launches sex-segregated parks

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 29 – Iran will soon launch new women’s only parks in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran....

Amnesty: Iran to stone woman to death by end of month

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 27 – A young woman is at imminent risk of execution by stoning for adultery, according to the international human...

Iran: Lawyer denounces woman’s stoning

AKI: An Iranian woman convicted of killing her husband and of having extramarital sex has been sentenced to death by stoning. The sentence of...

Iran’s fashion police put on a show of chadors to stem west’s cultural invasion

The Guardian: They are unlikely to grace any catwalk or adorn the figures of supermodels, but the latest in Islamic fashions got top billing...

Woman sentenced to stoning in Iran – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 08 – An Iranian woman has been sentenced to death by stoning, according to a Kurdish human rights group....

Rights group blasts crackdown on women’s protest in Iran

Iran Focus: London, Jun. 16 – The international human rights groups Amnesty International condemned a crackdown by Iran’s State Security Forces (SSF) on a...

At least 400 arrested in women’s demo – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 13 – At least 400 people were arrested during a peaceful anti-government demonstration by women in Tehran on Monday,...

Demonstration by women in Iran capital – photo report 2

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jun. 13 – State Security Forces (SSF) cracked down on a peaceful demonstration by thousands of Iranian women in Tehran....

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The United States and Arab Allies Sanction Five Entities and 16 Hezbollah Officials

The United States and the member states of the Terrorist Financing Targeting Center (TFTC) have imposed a new round...

Drug Crisis: Chemotherapy Costs in Iran Have Increased Tenfold

A new wave of drug price increases in Iran has catastrophically raised the cost of medical treatment. In one...

Iran’s Negative Economic Growth: From Statistical Manipulation to the Collapse of Investment

When the gap between official figures and reality becomes too wide, the economic crisis is no longer confined to...

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Economics and Ethics in Iran; From Poverty to the Commodification of the Human Body

The economy affects more than people's income, employment, or...

Workers and Retirees in Iran Once Again Protest Over Living Conditions

Retirees and workers held protest gatherings and marches in...

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