Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran sentences woman to death

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 02 – Iran’s State Supreme Court sentenced a woman to death, a state-run daily reported on Sunday. Iran...

Iran’s women lose jobs despite competence

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 11 – Women have been finding it evermore difficult to find employment in Iran and their social rights have...

Iran says women unfit to manage restaurants

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 09 – Female restaurant managers in Iran will be required to name a man as the person who will...

Iran to speed up flogging of women for “bad” veil

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 06 – Women who violate Iran’s strict Islamic dress code will be flogged immediately, prosecutor’s offices in provincial centres...

Iran police to step up crackdown on women

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 04 – The commander of Iran’s State Security Forces in the city of Orumieh, northwest Iran, threatened on Sunday...

Iran’s new sex-segregated park gets underway

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 21 – A new sex-segregated park is under development in the city of Mashad, north-eastern Iran, according to the...

Iran’s new Justice Minister vows harsher crackdown on women

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 20 – The man designated by Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as his Minister of Justice vowed on Saturday...

Two out of 3 teens in Iran suffer from depression – report

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 17 – A scientific study conducted by two independent experts found that 71 percent of teenagers in Iran suffer...

Latest news

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...

Iraq Sets September 30 as Deadline for Disarmament of Iranian Regime-Backed Militia Groups

Iraqi government spokesperson Haider al-Aboudi announced on Monday, June 29, that the government has given Shiite armed groups backed...

Escalating Iran-US Conflict Cuts Strait of Hormuz Traffic, Lifts Oil Prices

Oil Prices Rise and Ship Traffic Through the Strait of Hormuz Declines Following Tensions Between Iran and the United...

Must read

Escalating Iran-US Conflict Cuts Strait of Hormuz Traffic, Lifts Oil Prices

Oil Prices Rise and Ship Traffic Through the Strait...

Bread Prices Rise Again in Tehran; Fresh Pressure on Household Budgets

With the implementation of new bread prices in Tehran...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you

Social media abuzz as Iran heads to poll

AFP: The social networking websites which helped mobilise anti-regime...

US stands tough on Iran’s nuclear program

Reuters: The United States will not hold direct contacts...

Bahrain halts gas talks with Iran over insult

AP: Bahrain's foreign minister on Thursday blasted Iran for...