President Raisi’s death may not spark an uprising, but it is an opportunity to push for women’s rights. Source: U.S. News By: Masih Alinejad Young women in Iran, protesting the mandatory …
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By Niloufar Goudarzi Source: Iran International A government billboard in Tehran encouraging young girls to be homemakers and mothers has sparked a social media backlash amid the country’s violent oppression …
Backlash over Iran’s National Girl’s Day Poster Read More
Source: BBC World Service That day, pictures taken of her burning her hijab made her an icon in the eyes of Iran’s protestors and a target in the eyes of …
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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 …
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Source: RFE/RL’s RadioFarda Lawyers for 11 women’s rights activists who were detained in August in Iran’s northwestern Gilan province say their clients have been sentenced to long prison terms amounting to more …
Iranian Women’s Rights Activists Sentenced To Long Prison Terms 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: Amnesty International Intelligence and security forces committed horrific acts of rape and other forms of sexual violence against protesters arbitrarily detained during Iran’s “Woman Life Freedom” uprising between September …
Iran: Security forces used rape and other sexual violence to crush “Woman Life Freedom” uprising with impunity 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
By Nasrin Sotoudeh Source: Ms. Magazine “I will try everything I can to give the women of Iran the society they deserve,” wrote human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh in her …
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