US will work to remove Iran from UN Commission on the Status of Women
The United States will work to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women, US Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday.
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Calls grow to kick Iran out of UN body dedicated to equality and empowerment of women
Women and girls of Iran are leading the most significant challenge to the existence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in this century, according to ...
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Iranian activist gets 3-year sentence in prison for sharing video without hijab
An Iranian rights activist has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for protesting the country’s mandatory hijab rules, her lawyer said.
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Iranian police use tear gas and water cannon to disperse Protest Over Woman’s Death
People in the western Iranian city of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province, took to the streets for the second night in a row on ...
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Protests spread from Hijab victim’s hometown to other cities in Iran
Thousands took to the streets in several Iranian cities Sunday to protest the death of a young woman in religious police custody that has shaken ...
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Senior ayatollahs say Iran’s morality police are ‘illegal and un-Islamic’
Two of Iran’s senior ayatollahs have said the country’s feared morality police are illegal and un-Islamic as violent protests broke out against the supreme leader ...
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Iranian woman declared brain dead after her arrest by morality police in Tehran
An Iranian woman was declared brain dead hours after she was reportedly arrested by morality police in Tehran for not complying with the country’s mandatory ...
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Iran arrests more than 300 anti-hijab campaigners
Iranian authorities have arrested more than 300 people accused of campaigning against the mandatory headscarf, local media reported on Sunday.
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Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law
The Iranian government is planning to use facial recognition technology on public transport to identify women who are not complying with a strict new law ...
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Iranian stadiums open to women but for how long?
The attendance of Iranian women at Tehran's Azadi Stadium to watch a football match in the country's Persian Gulf Pro League has raised hopes women ...
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Iran morality official calls for gender segregation in universities
A top official in charge of Islamic morals in Iran has defended gender segregation in higher education, claiming that families will welcome its introduction.
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