Source: BBC News By David Gritten The elder sister of Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old girl who was killed during the 2022 anti-government protests in Iran, has been arrested for allegedly …
Aida Shakarami: Iran morality police arrests dead protester’s sister, mother says Read More
Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of The High Commissioner GENEVA (8 March 2024) –The violent repression of peaceful protests and pervasive institutional discrimination against women and girls has led to …
Iran: Institutional discrimination against women and girls enabled human rights violations and crimes against humanity in the context of recent protests, UN Fact-Finding Mission says Read More
Source: RFE/RL’s RadioFarda The lashes to Roya Heshmati’s body have triggered renewed condemnation of Iran’s harsh punishments against women for alleged crimes against “morality.” But the official reason for carrying …
Iranian Woman Defiant Despite ‘Medieval’ Flogging For Hijab Violation Read More
Source: Iran International Iran’s Shargh newspaper’s economic editor, Maryam Shokrani, is set to appear in court in December following her coverage on the death of a teenage girl in the …
Iranian Journalist Faces Legal Action Over Reporting Teenager’s Death Read More
Source: RFE/RL’s RadioFarda By Michael Scollon For many commuters in the Iranian capital, navigating the subway system means passing through “tunnels of horror.” Entrances and corridors in Tehran’s subway stations …
Classified Document On Iran’s ‘Hijab Guards’ Unveils Government Cover-Up Read More
Source: The Times of Israel Woman can appeal sentence of death by stoning, which was handed down after husband says he saw her with another man at home TEHRAN, Iran …
Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery, state media says Read More
On 28 October, Iranian state news agencies reported that Geravand had died after spending 28 days in a coma in the intensive care unit of Tehran’s Fajr Hospital. According to …
Armita Geravand, the new addition to the long list of women killed by the morality police Read More
The journalists Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloufar Hamedi were both found guilty of collaboration with the United States, conspiring against state security and propaganda against the Islamic republic, the judiciary’s Mizan …
Iran sentences two journalists who covered Mahsa Amini’s death to jail Read More
By Pegah Sadeghi, Amnesty International Research Assistant on Iran Source: Amnesty International Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a …
Iranian women and girls face further violations of their rights under compulsory veiling bill Read More
Source: Iran International Emmanuel Macron, the President of France sent a message in support of Iranian women and their fight for freedom against the Islamic Republic of Iran. On Thursday, …
French President Praises Iranian Women For Their Fight Against Oppression Read More