A woman without Hijab is illegal in Iran January 06, 2025 A video has gone viral on social media showing a woman without a mandatory headscarf confronting a cleric at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport,...
Iran's new hijab law may carry risk of death penalty December 07, 2024 Iran ’s new chastity and hijab law has drawn criticism from journalists and activists who warn it represents a new weapon in the state's...
New hijab law criticized by Iranians December 04, 2024 Iranian citizens warn the country’s new hijab law will tighten restrictions on personal freedoms while also serving as a tool for state-driv...
Iran's clerical rule critic Ahmad Ghadiani arrested October 01, 2024 Iranian security forces have arrested Abolfazl Ghadiani, a former revolutionary who has become an outspoken critic of Iran 's Supreme Le...
Rejecting the hijab is intolerable in Iran September 26, 2024 Despite Iran ’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledging to end harassment by the notorious 'morality police' over violent hijab e...
Women political prisoners in Iran plan a hunger strike September 24, 2024 Forty-seven female political prisoners in Iran's notorious Evin Prison plan a day-long hunger strike to coincide with President Masoud ...
Public mourning remains restricted in Iran September 21, 2024 In the wake of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" uprising's anniversary, grieving families across Iran , in the face of heightened se...
Mahsa Amini's family receives death threats September 15, 2024 In the second anniversary of Mahsa Amini ’s death in morality police custody, Iranian authorities have threatened her family with arrest as ...
Iranian woman shot by police over hijab August 19, 2024 Iran ’s state security forces have forced 31-year-old Arezou Badri, who was shot by police for allegedly violating hijab rules, to give a co...
Iranians disillusioned with Presidential Candidate June 13, 2024 Controversy continues around Massoud Pezeshkian, the only proreform candidate running for president in Iran , as some claim that his chances...
Iran Imposes Harsh Punishment on Protests May 04, 2024 Since the Mahsa protests, Iran 's courts have prosecuted dozens of individuals, issuing harsh sentences for alleged leadership of protes...
Calls for Action Against Iranian Women's Oppression April 29, 2024 The Iranian Islamic scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi, who is currently imprisoned, is urging the international community to put an end to the ongoi...
Iranian Nobel Laureate Commends Women's Hijab Defiance April 21, 2024 Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate, in a message from prison sent to Iran International says the struggle of Iranian w...
Western feminism has no place in Iran September 25, 2023 Jamileh Alamolhoda, wife of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi, spoke to some of the world’s top media saying a woman’s place is as a mother a...
Iran on high alert before Mahsa Amini death’s anniversary September 10, 2023 Authorities in Iran ’s southwest have arrested six people accused of “organizing riots” on the first anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in c...
Secret reviews of Iran's hijab law August 14, 2023 Iranian MPs have voted to review a controversial hijab law behind closed doors - meaning it is likely there will be no public debate on the...
Iran's leaders vow to enforce mandatory dress code August 10, 2023 For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to mak...
Iran proposes new extreme bill on Hijab August 03, 2023 Iranian authorities are considering a draconian new bill on hijab-wearing that experts say would enshrine unprecedentedly harsh punitive mea...
Iran enforces intensified hijab crackdown July 26, 2023 Efforts to tighten restrictions on women in Iran have reignited the protest movement that saw the country's streets flooded with furiou...
Hijab remains the official repressive law in Iran April 15, 2023 A group of UN human rights experts said Friday that Islamic Republic’s repressive measures to enforce hijab epitomize gender-based persecut...
