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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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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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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What do the Iranian protests mean for the country’s women? Source: The New Yorker Letter from Tehran Two days after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term …
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By Thomas Pierce Source: NPR NPR’s Davar Ardalan interviewed Simin Behbahani, Iran’s national poet, today from Tehran. She’s 82 years-old and one of the most respected figures in modern Iran. …
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By Banafsheh Zand & Elio Bonazzi Source: PJ Media On Wednesday, November 26, a 39-year-old woman, Fatemeh Haqiqat-Pajouh, was hanged, together with nine male prisoners, in Tehran’s infamous Evin prison. In …
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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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