Women's rights

Disagreement between parliament and government causes 5-month delay in bill to end violence against women

Masoumeh Ebtekar, Deputy President for Women and Family Affairs, has expressed her disappointment over the failure to announce the receipt of the bill to ensure women's security against violence...

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A campaign with nearly 6,000 signatures; We, the women of Iran, demand the use of motorcycles.

Over the past few days, nearly 6,000 people have signed a campaign calling on the Speaker and members of Parliament to remove obstacles to the issuance of…

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Aaliyah Motabalzadeh was denied phone calls "following a complaint" about solitary confinement

Alia Motabalzadeh, a photographer and women's rights activist who, along with 16 other political and ideological prisoners, is being held in a cell…

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Violence against women: Murder of 5 people, including four women from one family, in Kangan County

On Thursday night, March 18, three sisters, a grandmother, and the fiancé of one of these girls in Kangan County, Bushehr Province,…

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A group of women's rights activists gather in Laleh Park, Tehran

A group of civil society and women's activists gathered in Tehran's Laleh Park on Tuesday, March 9, to demand changes to some...

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Saba Kord Afshari's 15-year prison sentence halved for walking without a hijab

By a ruling from the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeal, the sentence of Saba Kord Afshari, an activist of the "White Wednesdays" campaign, was halved and…

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Javed Rahman's report: Women and girls in Iran are treated as second-class citizens

Javed Rehman, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, in a report referring to the high rate of marriages…

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Arrest of suspect in sexual assault of woman in Tehran

A man accused of raping a woman in Behesht Zahra was arrested and tried by the Tehran Provincial Criminal Court.

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