Economic Injustice
Beyond the Veil: Discrimination against women in Iran
Source: Department of Justice
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Another female lawyer being held by the Khomeinist regime without news
Ms. Geeti Pourafzal, prominent lawyer and women and human rights activist, has been missing for the last week. Her husband has reported that he does not know who has …
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She Was a Teenage Victim of Domestic Violence and Rape. She Sought Help. This Week, Iran Executed Her
Source: Amnesty International By Mansoureh Mills, Iran Researcher at Amnesty International “Child bride.” “Criminal.” “Juvenile offender.” These are some of the many labels assigned to Zeinab Sekaanvand during her far too …
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Iranian Women Still Denied Fundamental Rights
By Kaveh Taheri Source: HuffPost There is a large disparity when comparing women’s rights in Iran and in the West: Iranian women are still denied their basic fundamental rights. …
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Prostitution before and after the revolution
By Banafsheh Zand Excerpted from Gutting Iran Tehran’s pre-revolution red light district, Shahr’eh No (‘New Town’ is a series of 15 photos by legendary Iranian photographer, Kaveh Golestan, photographed in Shahr’eh …
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Iranian Women Prisoners Detail Torture: ‘Death Was Like a…
Source: PBS A rare look at dissent in Iran, including the abuse of female prisons, is told in a co-production with NewsHour and the Center for Investigative Reporting.
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Every March 8, Iranian Women Stand Against the Regime
By Banafsheh Zand Source: PJMedia Today is International Women’s Day, and Iranian women will be on the streets demanding their rights. Iranian women’s fight for suffrage goes as far back …
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Execution of a teenage girl
A television documentary team has pieced together details surrounding the case of a 16-year-old girl, executed two years ago in Iran. Source: BBC On 15 August, 2004, Atefah Sahaaleh was …
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