Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

1,000 women demonstrate in Iran capital

Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 09 - On the event of International Women's Day, 1,000 women staged a demonstration at central Tehran’s Laleh Park yesterday...

Girls in Iran being sold in Pakistan on daily basis

Iran Focus: Tehran, Mar. 02 – At least 54 Iranian girls and young women, between the ages of 16 and 25, are sold on...

Paris conference highlights women’s rights abuses in Iran

Iran Focus: Paris, Feb. 26 – An international conference entitled, "United against Fundamentalism and for Equality," was held in Paris yesterday on the initiative...

Iran girl gets 100 lashes

BBC: A teenage girl and two young men in Iran have been sentenced to lashes for having sex. The court dismissed the girl's claim...

220 women in Iran province committed suicide

Iran Focus: Tehran, Feb. 16 – Women and teenage girls comprise the majority of people in Iran's Ilam province (western Iran) who committed suicide...

Iran Nobel Winner Complains About Threats, Summons

Reuters: Iran's 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi on Saturday complained that the conservative judiciary had summoned her to court again without saying...

Cosmetics exhibition closed by Iranian judiciary

AFP: Iran's judiciary has shut down a cosmetics and personal hygiene exhibition in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad after a judge apparently decided...

UN women’s rights official raps Iran over abuses

AFP: The UN's top official on women's rights chastised Iran on Sunday over what she said were abuses and discrimination built in to the...

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Details of the Execution of six PMOI Members

Following the execution of six prisoners affiliated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) by Iranian regime security...

International Conference Condemns Rise in Iran Executions, Voices Support for NCRI

An international conference was held near Paris on April 10 to protest the recent rise in executions in Iran....

Amnesty International: Internet Access Is a Fundamental Human Right and Must Be Restored Immediately

As Iran continues to experience one of its longest internet disruptions, Amnesty International on Friday, April 10, pointed to...

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Iran’s regime executes political prisoner Ali Fahim

Early Monday, April 6, amid the continued execution of...

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Moderate earthquake jolts southern Iran

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US officials: Iran has nuke capability

AP: Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program in...