Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Tank girls: the frontline feminists

The Independent: As the coalition bombs hit the flat salt plains on the north-eastern border of Iraq, members of a little known, female-led Iranian...

60-year-old mother sets herself on fire in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 27 – A 60-year-old mother of six set herself on fire in Iran, with her family blaming it on stress...

Women to be hanged, stoned to death in Iran

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 26 – Iranian press have reported the public execution of at least four women in the past year, with at...

Runaway teenage girl sold to man twice her age serves prison time

Iran Focus: Tehran, Dec. 23 - A 15-year-old girl who ran away from home because of being forcefully married to a man twice her...

Tehran confirms woman’s death sentence

The Guardian: Iran yesterday confirmed that a court has sentenced a 21-year-old woman to death for prostitution, but denied reports that she had a...

Iran: Woman sentenced to be buried up to chest and stoned to death

Amnesty International: An Iranian woman facing execution by stoning for adultery is believed to still be alive, even though the sentence was reportedly due...

Iran: One day left to save woman sentenced to be buried up to chest and stoned to death

Amnesty International: An Iranian woman charged with adultery faces death by stoning, reportedly by tomorrow (21 Dec) after her death sentence was upheld by...

Iranian adulteress faces noose or stoning

Reuters: An Iranian official says he is waiting for orders on whether to stone or hang a woman convicted of adultery, the latest in...

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Iran’s Regime Rejects Retrial Request by Protester Sentenced to Death

On Wednesday, September 2, human rights media outlets reported the continued detention and interrogation of opponents of Iran's regime,...

Corruption in Iran’s Ports Reaches the Regime’s Parliament

The corruption case in Iran’s ports has once again become one of the controversial issues in the regime’s parliament....

Heavy Collapse in Iranian Workers’ Purchasing Power Over the Past 10 Years

In recent years, and particularly in the months following the recent war, workers’ “real wages” in Iran have experienced...

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Leila Abolhasani, Mother of Two Young Daughters, Sentenced to Death

Leila Abolhasani, a 43-year-old citizen and mother of two...

Iranian Regime Arms Shipment for Houthis Seized in the Red Sea

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