Women's Rights & Movements in Iran

Iran: Woman to Be Buried Up to Chest and Stoned to Death In The Next Five Days

Amnesty International: An Iranian woman charged with adultery faces death by stoning in the next five days after her death sentence was upheld by...

Teenage sex slave sentenced to death

Daily Telegraph: A 19-year-old Iranian girl with a mental age of eight who was forced into prostitution by her mother has been sentenced to...

Iran: Girl With Mental Age of Eight Given Death Sentence After Mother Forced Her Into Prostitution F

Amnesty International: A 19-year old girl, “Leyla M”, who has a mental age of eight, reportedly faces imminent execution for “morality-related” offences after being...

Woman deported from B.C. awaits trial in Iran

CTV Canada: An Iranian women's rights activist who was deported from Vancouver recently, despite telling immigration officials that she could be sentenced to death,...

“Women went to war” in ancient Iran

Reuters: These days Iranian women are not even allowed to watch men compete on the football field, but 2,000 years ago they could have...

Three Wives Attempt Suicide After Argument

Reuters: All three wives of a 67-year-old Iranian man took overdoses in an unsuccessful triple suicide attempt after the youngest wife bought an expensive...

Gender equality is tyranny against men, says Iranian woman MP

AFP: An Iranian woman lawmaker is backing the removal of the concept of gender equality from a state development plan in order to prevent...

Iranian women barred from standing in presidential vote

AFP: Iranian women have been barred from standing in next year's presidential election after a powerful conservative body stood by its literal interpretation of...

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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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