Iran Must Pass Legislation to Protect Women Against Violence
Bill Languishing for Years, While Women Are Abused with Impunity Women with Disabilities and Other Vulnerable Groups Face Heightened Risk of Abuse ...
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October 19, 2018
Watered Down Domestic Violence Bill in Approval Stage Eight Years After Drafting in Iran
Hardliners Claim Bill Threatens Foundations of Iranian Families A heavily revised Bill for the Protection of Women Against Violence has ...
October 17, 2018
Iranian Women Attend Men’s Soccer Game, Standing Firm Against State Ban and Hardline Threats
October 17, 2018 – After decades of activists peacefully campaigning against Iran’s state ban on women in sports stadiums, dozens of ...
September 11, 2018
Three Detained Women’s Rights Activists Should be Immediately Released
No Information on Charges or Where Hoda Amid, Najmeh Vahedi or Rezvaneh Mohammadi are Being Held, Families Denied Contact September 11, 2018—The three women’s rights activists arrested by Iran’s security forces since September 1—the lawyer Hoda Amid, the sociologist ...
July 21, 2018
Iranian Judiciary Closes Acid Attack Cases With No Convictions But Promises Victims Compensation
Nearly four years after a series of acid attacks on women in the Iranian city of Isfahan, ...
June 22, 2018
Iran-Spain Match Aftermath: Will Iran’s Ban on Women in Sports Stadiums Finally Be Lifted?
Iranian Women Allowed Into Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to Watch World Cup Screening But Official Ban Persists The presence of women in Iran’s Azadi Stadium ...
April 23, 2018
Iranians Criticize Rouhani Officials For Blaming the Victim in Video of Morality Police Assaulting Woman
Several Iranian public figures have criticized Rouhani admin officials for blaming the victim in a ...
December 13, 2017
After Burn Victims Denied Compensation Because They’re Girls, Lawyer Says Law Must Change
A lawyer in Iran is speaking out about sexism in the country’s legal code after the families of two children who ...
September 18, 2017
Rouhani’s Broken Promises
Iranian President Rouhani is scheduled to speak this week at the 2017 UNGA in New York, but he won't mention his Broken Promises....
September 12, 2017
Iranian VP for Women’s Affairs Calls Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums “Discrimination”
Three days after Iranian women were barred from entering a stadium in Tehran to watch an international soccer match, President Hassan ...
September 6, 2017
Iranian Women Banned From World Cup Stadium Game While Female Syrian Fans Allowed Entry
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August 28, 2017
Judiciary Official Opposes New Proposal Against Domestic Violence
A senior Iranian judiciary official has voiced opposition to legislation against domestic violence which is being revived by President Hassan ...
August 17, 2017
Iranian Women’s Rights Activist to Serve Three Years in Prison For Attending Seminar
Women’s rights activist and photojournalist Alieh Matlabzadeh has been sentenced to three years in prison by a preliminary court in Tehran for participating in a women’s empowerment seminar. A legal source with knowledge about Matlabzadeh’s case told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on August 14, 2017 that the prison sentence was issued by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court for the ...
August 14, 2017
Women’s Rights Activist Demands Rouhani Provide Reasons for His Exclusively Male Cabinet
Women’s rights advocate Nahid Tavasoli. President Hassan Rouhani must explain why he didn’t ...
July 14, 2017
Contradictory Laws Exasperate Debate Over Iranian Women’s Observance of Hijab in Cars
The growing number of women refusing to cover their hair while driving in Iran, especially during the hot ...
June 30, 2017
Persistent Iranian Women’s Movement Chipping Away at State Ban on Females in Sports Stadiums
The peaceful battle by women’s rights activists geared towards ending the ban on female spectators in Iranian sports stadiums is inching ...
June 26, 2017
Islamic Feminist Scholar: No Better Time For Rouhani to Nominate Women to His Cabinet
Jila Movahed Shariat Panahi President Hassan Rouhani should honor his campaign pledges to women and nominate them to ...
April 20, 2017
Low Female Participation Rate in Iranian Elections Symptom of Gender Inequality
Women's rights advocate Nahid Tavasoli is the editor-in-chief of Nafe, an academic women’s periodical. The low number of female participants in Iranian elections is an indicator of ...
January 26, 2017
Prominent Iranian Directors Decry Censorship After Minister Bans Films From Tehran Fajr Festival
Reza Salehi Amiri became the minister of culture and Islamic guidance in November 2016 after former minister Ali Jannati ...
September 5, 2016
Iranian Women Made History at Rio Olympics
First Olympic Medal Won despite Little Official Support in Iran The Islamic Republic of Iran participated in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with 63 athletes, only nine of whom were women. Yet Kimia Alizadeh, ...
July 21, 2016
Iran’s Conservatives Lash Out at New Female Fashion Trends
Iran’s anti-vice squads, also referred to as the morality police, are particularly busy in the hot summer months when Iranian women wear lighter ...
July 14, 2016
New Law Reduces Employment Prospects for Women in Iran
Iran’s Parliament has ratified an amended law that reduces the working hours of ...
July 7, 2016
Prominent Political Prisoner Promised, Though Still Not Allowed, Phone Contact with Children
Taghi Rahmani believes his wife Narges Mohammadi is being mistreated in prison because he fled the country years ago. Iran’s judicial authorities have promised to lift ...
June 20, 2016
Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison
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June 20, 2016
New Report: Inside the Women’s Ward: Mistreatment of Women Political Prisoners at Iran’s Evin Prison
Political prisoners held in the Women’s Ward at Iran’s Evin Prison are routinely denied medical care and hospitalization, face restricted or denied visitation rights even with their young children, are deprived of regular telephone contact with their families, and are not provided adequate nutrition, as ...