Alliance of Iranian Women
Forough Alaei detained with at least five other activists for sneaking into sports events, which is forbidden for Iranian women Source: The Times of Israel (TOI) Iran has arrested a prominent female photojournalist...
By Golnaz Esfandiari Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Iranian human rights lawyer Guity Pourfazel wants to see change in her country and believes Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should step down and the ruling...
✣ Alliance of Iranian Women would like to acknowledge the cooperation of White Wednesdays Campaign which provided this video. Fatemeh Sepehri makes powerful and significant comments about the status of women in Iran
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by Admin · Published August 2, 2019
Source: RadioFarda Three women held in custody for “disrespecting compulsory hijab,” or the so-called Islamic dress code, have been sentenced to a total of 55 years and six months. A “Revolutionary Court” in...
By Noor Pahlavi Source: AlArabiya Public floggings, economic disempowerment, social stigmatization: These are daily reminders to the women of my country, Iran, that in the eyes of their government they are lesser. Every...
Source: Amnesty International Imagine that you are a woman leading a relatively normal life. You take the metro or bus to work or university. You socialize with friends. You may be able to afford...
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by Admin · Published April 18, 2019 · Last modified April 20, 2019
Source: Amnesty International Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s degrading and discriminatory forced veiling laws, and release those detained on this basis immediately...
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by Admin · Published April 17, 2019 · Last modified April 20, 2019
Source: BBC An Iranian who became the first woman from her country to contest an official boxing match says she has cancelled her return home from France after hearing a warrant had...
By Julien Pretot Source: Reuters ROYAN, France – Two years after a clandestine impromptu training session on the hills of Tehran, Sadaf Khadem will become the first Iranian woman to contest an official...
In the late 1800’s Iranian women were the main force behind the constitutional movement and the subsequent revolution. The Qajar dynasty’s kings (1799 – 1925) sat idly by and allowed the intrusion of the...
Source: Tavaanaa Dear Compatriots! Four decades have passed since the rule of the Supreme Leader has effaced one […]
Source: RadioFarda Three women held in custody for “disrespecting compulsory hijab,” or the so-called Islamic dress code, have been […]
Maryam Irandoost has vision and a strong will. The coach of Iran’s women’s national team continues to work tirelessly in […]
Forough Alaei detained with at least five other activists for sneaking into sports events, which is forbidden for Iranian women […]
By Golnaz Esfandiari Source: RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Iranian human rights lawyer Guity Pourfazel wants to see change in her country […]
✣ Alliance of Iranian Women would like to acknowledge the cooperation of White Wednesdays Campaign which provided this video. […]
Source: RadioFarda Three women held in custody for “disrespecting compulsory hijab,” or the so-called Islamic dress code, have been […]
By Banafsheh Zand Source: PJMedia Today is International Women’s Day, and Iranian women will be on the streets demanding […]
Society for the Freedom of Women and Secret Society of Women were the first to be formed in 1907 […]
In the late 1800’s Iranian women were the main force behind the constitutional movement and the subsequent revolution. The Qajar […]