Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran’s police set for new crackdown on ‘models’

AFP: Police in the Iranian capital are poised to launch a fresh crackdown targeting "models of corruption", or in other words poorly-veiled women, press...

Tehran police launch campaign to keep women covered up

AFP: Tehran police chief Brigadier General Morteza Talaie has announced a new campaign to ensure women keep covered up in public in keeping with...

Child prostitution ring run by Revolutionary Guards officers uncovered in Iran

Iran Focus: Neka, Apr. 11 – A number of government officials and security officers were arrested during raids on at least five houses used...

Defeating misogyny in Iran

American Thinker: Last month, an anti-government riot erupted in Tehran following a soccer match between Iran and Japan. Eye-witnesses reported that the regime used...

Save the Women, Save Ourselves

National Review Online: Two summers ago, a middle-aged Iranian-Canadian journalist named Zahra Kazemi was arrested in Tehran while taking photographs of regime hoodlums beating...

Kazemi was tortured, Iranian doctor says

CBC News: Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi showed signs of being savagely beaten when she was brought to a Tehran hospital in 2003, said an...

In Iran, a time for courage

Denver Post: This is a time to celebrate the acts of courage. This is a time to reflect on progress we've made. This is...

Woman racer upsets testosterone-driven Iran

AFP: When behind the wheel, Iranian women have to put up with all sorts of verbal abuse from the testosterone-charged types that dominate the...

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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...

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Renewable Water Per Capita in Iran Falls To 1,200 Cubic Meters Per Year

Reports from Iranian regime government institutions show that the...

The ‘No To Executions Tuesdays’ campaign has entered its 127th week

The campaign “No to Executions Tuesdays,” a prisoner-led protest...

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