Reacting to the news that Iran’s parliament has passed a new bill that would impose further draconian penalties severely violating women’s and girls’ rights as well as increasing prison terms and fines for defying Iran’s degrading and discriminatory compulsory veiling laws, Diana Eltahawy, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa said:
After nearly six months of unrest in Iran, the regime started imprisoning opposition voices on a large scale and threatening international media.But according to some experts, these tactics no longer have the power to arouse fear.
The mother of Nika Shakarami, a 16-year-old who died after taking part in anti-government rallies in Tehran on September 20, has accused the Iranian government with “lying” about her daughter’s death in an effort to “exempt themselves.” Nasrin Shakarami, the mother of Nika, claimed in a video message provided on October 6 only to RFE/Radio …
In Northeast Syria’s Kurdish city of Qamishli, hundreds of women took part in a protest on Monday in support of Iranian women condemning the death of Mahsa Amini, a Kurdish woman who sadly died on September 16 while in the custody of Iranian police
Since the 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death, there have been protests all over Iran for more than a week. Protesters are now filling the streets, burning headscarves in the face of authorities after being detained by the country’s morality police for not wearing a hijab properly.Washington is supporting the protesters.
Women living in Iranian cities say they face frequent sexual harassment, catcalls, and verbal abuse — and many fear that those incidents mean they’re not safe from violent crimes. Though street harassment is illegal, the law is rarely enforced and few victims are able to prove that a crime has taken place
Twenty-five-year old Pegah plays music on the street, gathers with friends in the park, and dresses as she pleases — all things that were difficult or impossible in her native Iran. She fled to Georgia following repeated arrests for violating Iran’s dress code, and after she appeared in a documentary that put her on the authorities’ radar
Twin sisters from Iran came to the United States to study fine arts and have made a splash in the arts scene with a new way of ‘painting.’ Nada Alturki has more-VOA NEWS
The captain of Iran’s national soccer team has renewed his criticism of a ban on female spectators following reports a young Iranian woman set herself alight after being sentenced to prison for trying to attend a men’s soccer match
Under Islamic laws enforced in Iran since the 1979 revolution, women are required to cover their hair and body in public and avoid tight-fitting clothing