President Raisi’s death may not spark an uprising, but it is an opportunity to push for women’s rights. Source: U.S. News By: Masih Alinejad Young women in Iran, protesting the mandatory …
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Source: Carnegie Europe, POLICY OUTLOOK By CORNELIUS ADEBAHR, BARBARA MITTELHAMMER Full-text pdf To quell the revolt sparked by Mahsa Jina Amini’s death in 2022, Iran committed crimes against humanity, including gender …
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Source: RFE/RL’s RadioFarda Lawyers for 11 women’s rights activists who were detained in August in Iran’s northwestern Gilan province say their clients have been sentenced to long prison terms amounting to more …
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Source: International Bar Association The Gender Apartheid Inquiry (the Inquiry), convened by the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI), has published a new report titled Shattering Women’s Rights, SHATTERING LIVES: Parliamentary Ad-Hoc …
Gender Apartheid Inquiry: SHATTERING WOMEN’S RIGHTS, SHATTERING LIVES Parliamentary Ad-Hoc Inquiry Into The Situation Of Women And Girls In Afghanistan And Iran G Read More
Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) On December 5, 2023, the Ministry of Intelligence in Rasht arrested workers’ rights advocate Sharifeh Mohammadi, as reported by the Independent Iranian Workers …
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Source: Iran International Iran’s Shargh newspaper’s economic editor, Maryam Shokrani, is set to appear in court in December following her coverage on the death of a teenage girl in the …
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By Pegah Sadeghi, Amnesty International Research Assistant on Iran Source: Amnesty International Armita Garawand, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, remains in a coma after falling unconscious on 1 October 2023 at a …
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Source: Amnesty International The international community must demand that the Iranian authorities allow the UN Fact-Finding Mission and other independent monitors to enter the country to investigate the circumstances leading to …
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Source: Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) Elaheh Mohammadi, a reporter for the daily newspaper Ham-Mihan, has been in detention for over six months in Qarchak Prison, Varamin, with an …
Journalist Elaheh Mohammadi Still Detained After Six Months Read More
Source: RadioFarda (RFE/RL) By Golnaz Esfandiari A viral video appearing to show an Iranian man attacking two unveiled women in a shop in the holy city of Mashhad has provoked …
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