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Women's Rights

Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums

Death of Iran’s “Blue Girl” Spotlights Senseless Ban on Women in Stadiums

September 10, 2019

  No More Empty Promises: FIFA Should Call on Iran to Lift Ban Once and For All September 10, 2019 – The death of Sahar Khodayari, a woman who set herself on fire in Tehran because she thought she would have to serve jail time for trying ...

15 Iran MPs Urge New Judiciary Chief to Stop Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Speech

15 Iran MPs Urge New Judiciary Chief to Stop Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Speech

September 5, 2019

During a speech addressing Iran’s legislature, member of Parliament (MP) Parvaneh Salahshouri strongly criticized the recent crackdown on journalists and workers’ rights advocates and called on recently appointed Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi to uphold the rule of law. A group of MPs subsequently called on ...

Authorities Ignored Serious Mental Health Condition of Defendant Who Set Herself on Fire Outside Courthouse

Authorities Ignored Serious Mental Health Condition of Defendant Who Set Herself on Fire Outside Courthouse

September 4, 2019

A 29-year-old woman set herself on fire outside a Tehran courthouse reportedly after hearing that she would have to serve six months in prison after being arrested while trying to enter a stadium to watch a men's soccer match. A 29-year-old ...

Prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for Women Protest Inhumane Living Conditions 

Prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak Prison for Women Protest Inhumane Living Conditions 

August 30, 2019

Prison Fails to Meet UN’s Minimum Standards for Treatment of Prisoners Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent an open letter to the head of the State Prisons Organization in Tehran Province protesting the prison’s inhumane living ...

Iran Releases Detained Stadium Ban Protesters as Hardliners Cheer on Discriminatory Policy

Iran Releases Detained Stadium Ban Protesters as Hardliners Cheer on Discriminatory Policy

August 21, 2019

Four women arrested by agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on August 17, 2019, for trying to enter Azadi Stadium in Tehran to watch a men’s soccer game were released on bail from Gharchak Prison, south of the capital, two days later. But the ...

Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

Arrests, Prison Sentences Fail to Stem Growing Public Opposition to Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

August 19, 2019

At Least 12 People Sentenced to Prison Since January 2018 August 19, 2019 – Mounting arrests and prison sentences have not enabled Iran's government to achieve broad public compliance with the country's mandatory hijab law, or stem growing protests against it. At least 12 people have been issued prison ...

“Why Should We Be Silent?” Colleagues Condemn Photographer’s Unjust Detention

“Why Should We Be Silent?” Colleagues Condemn Photographer’s Unjust Detention

August 15, 2019

Film and theater photographer Nooshin Jafari has been detained at an undisclosed location in Tehran since August 4, 2019. Nooshin Jafari’s Supporters Push ...

Detained Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady Worked Independently and Transparently, Says Wife

Detained Anthropologist Kameel Ahmady Worked Independently and Transparently, Says Wife

August 14, 2019

Iranian-British anthropologist Kameel Ahmady has had no contact with his family since he was detained in Tehran on August 11, 2019. Except for ...

Female Plaintiff’s Battle to Get a Motorcycle License Exposes Arbitrary Restrictions on Women in Iran 

Female Plaintiff’s Battle to Get a Motorcycle License Exposes Arbitrary Restrictions on Women in Iran 

August 13, 2019

In response to a complaint by a woman from the city of Isfahan, Branch 1 of Iran’s Administrative Justice Court ruled that the traffic police’s refusal to issue motorcycle driving licenses to women is unlawful. However, due to Article 60 of the Administrative Justice Court’s Organizational and ...

Three Women Issued Lengthy Prison Sentences for Peacefully Protesting Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

Three Women Issued Lengthy Prison Sentences for Peacefully Protesting Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Law

August 8, 2019

Mojgan Keshavarz has been sentenced to 23.6 years in prison while Monireh Arabshahi and her daughter Yasaman Ariyani have each been sentenced to 16 years in prison for peacefully campaigning against Iran’s mandatory hijab law. All three women were charged with “encouraging people to corruption and prostitution,” “assembly ...

Blood Money Paid for a Woman in Iran Is Still Half That Paid for a Man, Despite New Ruling

Blood Money Paid for a Woman in Iran Is Still Half That Paid for a Man, Despite New Ruling

August 2, 2019

Discriminatory Law Remains on the Books, New Law Just Has State Pay to Make Up Difference Following news in Iran on July 2, 2019, declaring equality between men and women in blood money (financial compensation paid to the family of someone who has been killed or to the ...

Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to 3.7 More Years in Jail for Protesting Death Penalty

Two Political Prisoners Sentenced to 3.7 More Years in Jail for Protesting Death Penalty

July 19, 2019

Atena Daemi Illegally Denied Visits Since March 2019 Political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee Ebrahimi have been told they must serve an additional 3.7 years in prison for the charges of “insulting the supreme leader” and “propaganda against the state,” Daemi’s mother informed the Center ...

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