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Iranian female filmmakers protest against the "trend" of violence and sexual harassment; the cinema house should "form an independent committee"
Dozens of women involved in cinema in Iran issued a statement on Thursday denouncing the prevalence of "sexual violence and harassment" in…
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Attack on women behind the doors of Mashhad Stadium with pepper spray; "We were carrying out orders from Tehran"
News from Mashhad indicates that law enforcement officers are using pepper spray in an attempt to disperse women who, even after…
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World events
Taliban bans men and women from parks
The Taliban's Ministry of Encouraging Good and Preventing Evil has banned the simultaneous presence of men and women in Kabul's amusement parks...
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Honor-motivated murder of a young woman by her father in Zarrin Dasht
A young woman in the village of Dehno, Zarrin Dasht province, was repeatedly hit on the head with an iron bar by her father.
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30% increase in the number of murders of women in the Kurdish provinces of Iran
A human rights organization has reported a 30 percent increase in the number of murders of women in Kurdish-populated areas of Iran over the past year.
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Homelessness of women affected by addiction; "Sun House" closed
Leila Arshad is one of the founders of "Khane Khorshid", the first center that provided shelter to addicted and homeless women in Tehran's "Darvazeh Ghar" neighborhood.
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Reactions to the brutal murder in Ahvaz continue; contradictory statements from officials about the legal vacuum
Reactions to the brutal murder of a 17-year-old Ahwazi woman by her husband continue. Officials in the Islamic Republic have spoken out about the problem…
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Soheila Hijab, political prisoner: Today's young generation is not looking to see a face on the moon like the generation of 1957
Soheila Hijab, a lawyer and political prisoner, in a message she sent from Kermanshah prison, called the Islamic Republic "a bankrupt system and...
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