Cases of Child Marriage On The Rise In Iran
ITALY — A young actress plays the role of Giorgia, 10, forced to marry Paolo, 47, during a happening organised by Amnesty International to denounce child marriage, on October 27, 2016 in Rome. Source:...
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Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
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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Sadaf Khadem: Iranian female boxer halts return over arrest fears
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...
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Boxing: Khadem to break a barrier for Iranian women
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...
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IRAN IS SENTENCING CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS TO DEATH
Source: Amnesty International Before they even reach adulthood, Iran is ending their lives. There are scores of young offenders on death row in Iran, and the authorities are continuing to sentence them to death. Girls...
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ULTRACONSERVATIVE AYATOLLAH RAISES ALARM OVER ‘DANGER’ TO HIJAB
Source: RadioFarda Ahmad Alamolhoda, the ultraconservative Friday Prayer leader of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, says some people are trying to undermine the importance of compulsory hijab, the head to toe cover for women. Speaking during...
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IRAN STILL A LEADING EXECUTIONER OF MINORS, REPORT SAYS
By RICK GLADSTONEJAN. 25, 2016 Iran is one of the leading executioners of juvenile offenders, despite its improved legal protections for children and a pledge more than two decades ago to end the death penalty for...
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Hillary Clinton Empowers Dictators
December 12, 2014By Manda Zand Ervin In her speech in Georgetown University in Washington, Mrs. Clinton said “America should ’empathize’ and ‘show respect’ for its enemies” Who is the enemy that Mrs. Clinton is referring to,...
Cases of Child Marriage On The Rise In Iran
ITALY — A young actress plays the role of Giorgia, 10, forced to marry Paolo, 47, during a happening organised […]
Iran: Release women’s rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling
Source: Amnesty International Iranian authorities must stop harassing, arresting and imprisoning women’s rights defenders peacefully protesting against Iran’s […]
Sadaf Khadem: Iranian female boxer halts return over arrest fears
Source: BBC An Iranian who became the first woman from her country to contest an official boxing match […]
Women’s Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Women and children are properties of men. The value of a woman’s life is one half of […]
Iran human rights abuses of women, children worsen amid Obama nuclear talks
By Kellan Howell Source: The Washington Times Sunday, June 28, 2015 As the U.S. and its world partners race to […]
Prostitution before and after the revolution
By Banafsheh Zand Excerpted from Gutting Iran Tehran’s pre-revolution red light district, Shahr’eh No (‘New Town’ is a series of 15 […]
Every March 8, Iranian Women Stand Against the Regime
By Banafsheh Zand Source: PJMedia Today is International Women’s Day, and Iranian women will be on the streets demanding […]
120 YEARS OF STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
Society for the Freedom of Women and Secret Society of Women were the first to be formed in 1907 […]
120 years of struggle for dignity
In the late 1800’s Iranian women were the main force behind the constitutional movement and the subsequent revolution. The Qajar […]