Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Female students clash with Iran security forces on campus

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 10 – Female students clashed with security agents in a Tehran university after a heated dispute over Iran’s austere...

Women not admitted to Iran hospital without chador

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jul. 04 – A hospital belonging to the Revolutionary Guards in the Iranian capital is refusing entry for women not...

Iranian women defy police whips to demonstrate against ‘dictatorship’

The Independent: Hundreds of women demonstrated outside Tehran university, calling for greater rights and a boycott of Friday's presidential election. They shouted "down with...

Hundreds of Women Protest Sex Discrimination in Iran

New York Times: Hundreds of women staged an unauthorized demonstration in Tehran today, protesting sex discrimination under Iran's Islamic leadership just days before the...

Urgent – Iran: Thousands join women’s anti-government demonstration in Tehran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 12 – A protest that began with a gathering of dozens of women in downtown Tehran this afternoon drew thousands...

Iran Guardian Council: Women incompetent to become president

Iran Focus: Tehran, Jun. 08 - A member of Iran’s powerful Guardian Council said that women were rejected from standing as candidates in the...

Human trafficking not being combated in Iran: US State Dept

Iran Focus: Washington, DC, Jun. 06 – Iran is a source, transit, and destination country for women and girls trafficked for the purposes of...

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How Did Inflation in Iran Become the Most Chronic Structural Crisis?

More than 80 years after World War II, signs of collapse in Iran’s economy are reappearing with the same...

Repression and Human Rights Violations in Iran – April 2026

What distinguishes the pages of Iran’s history at the beginning of 2026 more than ever is the emergence of...

The 119th week of the ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign in 56 prisons

In the 119th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, political prisoners in 56 prisons across Iran once...

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UN Officials Call for a Halt to Executions and Repression in Iran

Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human...

War Economy and Stagflation in Iran

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