Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran to hang young woman for teenage crime

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 11 – Iran’s clergy-dominated Supreme Court upheld a death by hanging sentence for a young woman accused of killing...

Women not permitted in cabinet of Iran’s new president

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 07 – Women will not be included in the cabinet of Iran’s new hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a leading...

Iranian woman barred from work following husband’s complaint

AFP: A Tehran court has barred a young woman from working after her estranged husband complained she was only allowed to be a housewife,...

Kurdish women’s rights activist arrested in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Aug. 04 – A prominent women’s rights activist in Iranian Kurdistan was arrested during a gathering organised in protest against...

Iran police arrest women for “un-Islamic” dress

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 31 – Iran has deployed squads of women-only vice police in a new crackdown on “un-Islamic” dress. Eight women...

Woman immolates self to avoid return to Iran jail

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 26 – A 30-year-old woman set herself on fire outside a justice department office in southern Iran on Monday...

Most runaway girls in Iran raped within first 24 hours – official

Iran Focus: London, Jul. 12 – Most runaway girls in Iran are raped within the first 24 hours of their departure, according to an...

Iran declares new crackdown on women, “social vice”

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 11 - With the arrival of a top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as the country’s new police chief,...

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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...

The Final Farewell of Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to Death in Iran

Abolfazl Sepahi and Alireza Sepahi, two prisoners sentenced to death in the case known as the "Alikhani Square" case...

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U.S. Defense Sec: Baghdad Must Disarm Militias Aligned with the Iranian Regime

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday,...

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

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

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