Source: France24 By:Marc Perelman Shaparak Shajarizadeh is an Iranian activist and co-author of “Freedom is not a crime”. She relates how she got “fed up with living a lie” and …
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By AIW Staff Narges Mohammadi, one of Iran’s most well-known political prisoners, fears she may soon be killed. After surviving a brutal assault in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on December …
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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 …
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Society for the Freedom of Women and Secret Society of Women were the first to be formed in 1907 followed by many others. They all played an active part …
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Source: BBC Shaparak Shajarizadeh removed her headscarf in protest against the compulsory hijab rule in Iran and was forced to flee the country. Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, …
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Homa Hoodfar, who spent 121 days in an Iranian jail for ‘dabbling in feminism and security matters’, says the world must not ignore the social and legal inequalities women continue …
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By Banafsheh Zand Source: PJMedia Today is International Women’s Day, and Iranian women will be on the streets demanding their rights. Iranian women’s fight for suffrage goes as far back …
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What do the Iranian protests mean for the country’s women? Source: The New Yorker Letter from Tehran Two days after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term …
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By Thomas Pierce Source: NPR NPR’s Davar Ardalan interviewed Simin Behbahani, Iran’s national poet, today from Tehran. She’s 82 years-old and one of the most respected figures in modern Iran. …
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