Source: Iran International By Niki Mahjoub Breaking generational barriers Severe restrictions for women were ushered in quickly by the Islamic Republic after it rose to power with the 1979 Revolution. …
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Source: CBC By: Margaret Evans We young people have decided to live the way we like’ The face of Tehran has been undergoing an extraordinary transformation in recent months, some …
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Source: The Conversation By: Mina Fakhravar In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields. The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) …
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Source: United Nations Office of Human Rights High Commissioner (UNHCHC) Maryam* was forced to record a message while in detention to her parents before she was subjected to a mock …
Justice and accountability: Woman, Life, Freedom protests Read More
Source: Dawn By Sheema Kalbasi It begins with a song, a voice carried across digital waves, steadfast and bold. Two weeks ago, on February 27, Hiva Seyfizadeh was arrested during a …
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Source: Center for Human Rights in Iran This International Women’s Day, the World Must Declare Gender Apartheid a Crime Against Humanity March 6, 2025 — In Iran, women are second-class …
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Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of High Commissioner (ohchr) GENEVA – Survivors of the Iranian Government’s violent repression of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement are in urgent need of truth, …
Victims, survivors of “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement call for accountability during meeting with UN Fact Finding Mission in Germany Read More
Source: Hengaw Security forces of Islamic Republic of Iran raided the second-anniversary memorial for Yalda Aghafazli, a young artist killed during the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, arresting two attendees. Those …
Security forces raid memorial for Yalda Aghafazli, arrest two people Read More
By Niloufar Goudarzi Source: Iran International A group of Iranian activists staged an artistic protest in London to honor a female student who recently disrobed to her underwear at …
London activists protest in support of Iranian student’s hijab defiance Read More
By Negar Mojtahedi Source: Iran International When an Iranian university student stripped down to her underwear—a move that drew global attention from figures like Richard Branson to Nobel Peace laureates—her …
Iran’s Woman, Life, Freedom movement regains spotlight Read More