Women in Iran are united to spread revolution. I know what it's like to be one of them
2 years, 5 months ago

Women in Iran are united to spread revolution. I know what it's like to be one of them

ABC  

With their hands linked together, Iranian women of every age and background have taken to the streets and online to spread revolution. Death of Iranian woman sparks protest Photo shows An Iranian woman living in Turkey, reacts after she cut her hair during a protest Protests have erupted across Iran following Mahsa Amini's death. There is a long history of exclusion and suppression of dissident women in the Ayatollah's Iran, from the murder of Farrokhroo Parsa in 1980, a year after the regime came to power. Why women’s resistance in Iran matters for women’s rights everywhere Iranian women from all walks of life have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest the murder of Jina Amini. "Australia regularly raises Iran's significant discrimination against women and human rights violations with officials in both Tehran and Canberra, as well as in multilateral fora," Wong said.

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Iran’s brutal oppression of women has entered a dark new phase
3 months, 1 week ago

Iran’s brutal oppression of women has entered a dark new phase

The Independent  

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has dealt a devastating blow to the Islamic Republic of Iran. There has also been talk of an oppressive and draconian law – the “hijab and chastity” law – introducing harsher punishments for women who expose their hair, forearms or lower legs; even executions. On 12 November, Mehri Talebi Darestani, the head …

Fascinating pictures of Iran in the 1970s show how sex and fashion thrived before the Islamic revolution - amid mounting outrage over arrest of woman who stripped in hijab protest
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fascinating pictures of Iran in the 1970s show how sex and fashion thrived before the Islamic revolution - amid mounting outrage over arrest of woman who stripped in hijab protest

Daily Mail  

When a young Iranian woman was arrested last week after she stripped down to her underwear in protest of the country's strict hijab laws, people around the world praised her for her courageous act. These pictures of women reveal just how much life, fashion and freedom has changed in Iran since the Islamic Revolution took place in 1979 A holiday …

Anita Anand | Can election of a reformist leader lead to winds of change in Iran?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Anita Anand | Can election of a reformist leader lead to winds of change in Iran?

Deccan Chronicle  

In Iran’s just-concluded presidential election runoff, the two final candidates were the moderate Masoud Pezeshkian and the ultra-conservative Saeed Jalili. While media coverage outside Iran has focused more on sanctions which affected the economy and Iran’s nuclear programme during the campaigns, women too put their demands forward. Since then, Iranian feminists and women’s rights activists have been organising and are …

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change
9 months ago

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change

Hindustan Times  

On Friday, June 28, Iranians went to the polls to elect a new president after President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May. Iran’s penal code which went into effect after the Islamic Revolution in 1979 and criminalised the appearance of women in public spaces without a “sharia hijab”. She said she represented the young generation and …

Women in Iran: UN report says repression of protesters and discrimination against women amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’
1 year ago

Women in Iran: UN report says repression of protesters and discrimination against women amounts to ‘crimes against humanity’

CNN  

CNN — Iran’s “repression of peaceful protests” and “institutional discrimination against women and girls” has led to human rights violations, some of which amount to “crimes against humanity,” according to a United Nations’ report. The report said these violations came about in the context of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa …

What to read by and about Iranian women
1 year, 5 months ago

What to read by and about Iranian women

Hindustan Times  

LAST YEAR the rage of Iranian women boiled over. In September the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by Iran’s morality police for wearing her hijab incorrectly, provoked massive protests by both women and men. Oneworld Publications; 272 pages; $30 and £20 After a summer of unrest in 1999, the regime frequently made use of “white torture”, …

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests
2 years ago

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday …

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests
2 years ago

Actor Nazanin Boniadi asks world to back Iran women protests

Associated Press  

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Actor Nazanin Boniadi on Wednesday urged the world to back the protests in her native Iran calling for women’s rights and political change, saying despots fear nothing “more than a free and politically active woman.” Speaking on the sidelines of the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi, Boniadi told The Associated Press that she …

Iran protesters told they are ‘bringing down the patriarchy’
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran protesters told they are ‘bringing down the patriarchy’

The Independent  

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Iran hijab row: Police targeting women protests especially on their faces, breasts and genitals: Report
2 years, 3 months ago

Iran hijab row: Police targeting women protests especially on their faces, breasts and genitals: Report

India TV News  

Iran hijab row: A shocking media report claimed that Iranian security forces are now targeting the private parts, faces and other vital organs of female protestors to spread fear among the women demonstrators. One of the physicians told the UK-based media outlet that the security forces were targetting women's faces and private parts as they have an inferiority complex and …

As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man
2 years, 3 months ago

As Iranians rise up, it's time we also challenged the stereotype of the misogynist Iranian man

Salon  

As the American-born daughter of an Iranian father and English mother who left Iran during the revolution, I am entranced by the events unfolding in Iran right now. For years I've also heard anecdotes from American women whose male doctors have denied them treatments like birth control, tubal ligation and hysterectomies, sometimes for excruciatingly painful conditions, because a hypothetical man …

The women of Iran's revolution describe being inside a protest and running for their lives
2 years, 3 months ago

The women of Iran's revolution describe being inside a protest and running for their lives

ABC  

The women of Iran go to great lengths and great risk to spread word of their protest movement. "I don't tell my mum that I'm going to participate, because I don't want to put her under any pressure," she says. A few days ago, one woman speaking with the ABC sent a text that read, "I saved three women's lives …

Iran's women want a revolution, and this time the protest is driven by a globally connected movement
2 years, 4 months ago

Iran's women want a revolution, and this time the protest is driven by a globally connected movement

ABC  

For two months, Iranian women have been marching in the streets, burning their hijabs and cutting off their hair in mass protests against the Islamic Republic. "This is the second time in the history of the Islamic Republic that women have taken the initiative in their hands, and started the protest movement," she told the ABC. The ruling Pahlavi dynasty …

Mahsa Amini: London protesters show support for ‘women’s revolution’ in Iran
2 years, 5 months ago

Mahsa Amini: London protesters show support for ‘women’s revolution’ in Iran

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Protesters have gathered in central London to show solidarity with …

Interview with activist Masih Alinejad on Iran’s anti-hijab protests led by its women
2 years, 5 months ago

Interview with activist Masih Alinejad on Iran’s anti-hijab protests led by its women

The Hindu  

From her home in exile in the U.S., journalist-activist Masih Alinejad, 46, has been at the forefront of the movement against Iran’s restrictive hijab laws, supporting and encouraging women who demand the right to dress as they please. As protests spread over the custodial death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, brutally assaulted and arrested by Iran’s ‘morality police’ for …

Protests could dismantle Iran’s morality police, campaigners say
2 years, 5 months ago

Protests could dismantle Iran’s morality police, campaigners say

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Protests that have erupted across Iran could topple the police force that …

Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand
2 years, 5 months ago

Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand

The Quint  

Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand “Women, life, liberty.” These words are ringing out on the the streets of every city in Iran, as women come out to tell the repressive enforcers of the Islamic Republic that they have had enough. Meghdad Madadi via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC The images emerging from the streets …

Iran anti-hijab movement: ‘Streets are capital of women’s revolution’
2 years, 5 months ago

Iran anti-hijab movement: ‘Streets are capital of women’s revolution’

Firstpost  

In a video going viral on social media, people can be seen cheering for the women protestors as they take off their hijab and wave it from the pedestrian bridge Tehran: Amid the nationwide anti-hijab movement in Iran, few women protestors took off their hijab and waved it from a pedestrian bridge as the protests entered into third week. We …

What We Know About The Protests In Iran
2 years, 6 months ago

What We Know About The Protests In Iran

Huff Post  

Women protest over the death of 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini in front of the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul on Monday. Ozan Guzelce/dia images via Getty Images Iran has erupted into nationwide protest over women’s rights to bodily autonomy after a Kurdish 22-year-old died in the custody of the country’s “morality police,” who arrested her for not wearing her hijab more …

Iran: Women Rise in Revolt but May Not Dislodge the Mullah Regime
2 years, 6 months ago

Iran: Women Rise in Revolt but May Not Dislodge the Mullah Regime

News 18  

History is replete with examples of repressive regimes which seem unassailable coming crashing down because of their failure to control the fire lit by a single incident. The defiance of the regime by the women who have been burning their hijabs, cutting their hair, confronting the police and the regime’s thugs is a demonstration of raw bravery because the consequences …

Women, life, freedom: The chants of Iran’s protests
2 years, 6 months ago

Women, life, freedom: The chants of Iran’s protests

Al Jazeera  

Protests grow in Iran after the death of a young woman who was detained by the country’s morality police. Halla Mohieddeen: The spark was the death of a young woman who had been detained by the country’s morality police. Halla Mohieddeen: But what’s fuelled the protests is something many women across the country have been feeling for decades. Halla Mohieddeen: …

A woman’s death fuels a nation’s rage: Iran erupts over 22-year-old who died after hijab arrest
2 years, 6 months ago

A woman’s death fuels a nation’s rage: Iran erupts over 22-year-old who died after hijab arrest

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But of course, I could see bruises on Mahsa’s …

Dissident: 'Iranian Women Are Furious' Over Headscarf Death
2 years, 6 months ago

Dissident: 'Iranian Women Are Furious' Over Headscarf Death

Huff Post  

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters chant slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. via Associated Press NEW YORK — The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad …

Dissident: ''Iranian women are furious'' over headscarf death
2 years, 6 months ago

Dissident: ''Iranian women are furious'' over headscarf death

The Hindu  

The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad when she talks about the messages she's received in recent days from women in Iran protesting against their government after a young woman died in police custody over a violation of the country's strict religious dress code. “I feel the anger of people right now through their text messages,” Ms. Alinejad told The …

Dissident: ‘Iranian women are furious’ over headscarf death
2 years, 6 months ago

Dissident: ‘Iranian women are furious’ over headscarf death

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The tears come quickly to Masih Alinejad when she talks about the messages she’s received in recent days from women in Iran protesting against their government after a young woman died in police custody over a violation of the country’s strict religious dress code. “I feel the anger of people right now through their text messages,” Alinejad …

Dissident: 'Iranian women are furious' over headscarf death
2 years, 6 months ago

Dissident: 'Iranian women are furious' over headscarf death

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The tears come quickly …

Op-Ed: Iranian women are rising up to demand freedom. Are we listening?
2 years, 6 months ago

Op-Ed: Iranian women are rising up to demand freedom. Are we listening?

LA Times  

Demonstrators chant slogans and clog a Tehran street Wednesday as they protest the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini died Sept. 16 after being arrested for her “improper hijab” and apparently beaten by Iran’s so-called morality police. In the past week, demonstrators have been chanting “Women, life, freedom,” connecting women’s rights to broader social and economic policies. Many were holding signs …

Iranian women removing headscarves to protest mandatory hijab laws
2 years, 8 months ago

Iranian women removing headscarves to protest mandatory hijab laws

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The authorities announced 12 July as “Hijab and Chastity Day” - meaning events will be held …

Political equality for Iranian women remains a distant dream with an ultraconservative poised to become president
3 years, 9 months ago

Political equality for Iranian women remains a distant dream with an ultraconservative poised to become president

Firstpost  

Ebrahim Raisi, who heads Iran’s judiciary, is the clear favourite from an all-male field of seven candidates to replace President Hassan Rouhani, a moderate elected on promises of social and cultural reform. Iranian women’s poor political representation could be set to worsen under an ultraconservative poised to win next week’s presidential election. Only two women — Massoumeh Ebtekar, vice president …

Dying after setting herself on fire, “Blue Girl” spotlights Iran’s women’s rights movement
5 years, 5 months ago

Dying after setting herself on fire, “Blue Girl” spotlights Iran’s women’s rights movement

LA Times  

Iranian women cheer in October 2018 as they wave their country’s flag after authorities, in a rare move, allowed a select group of women into Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to watch a friendly soccer match between Iran and Bolivia. Women’s rights activists in Iran said international condemnation after Khodayari’s death casts a spotlight on the country’s burgeoning women’s rights movement spearheaded …

Iran cracks down on women’s rights activists as leader offers his solution to sexual harassment, assault: Cover up
6 years, 5 months ago

Iran cracks down on women’s rights activists as leader offers his solution to sexual harassment, assault: Cover up

LA Times  

On the one-year anniversary of the global #MeToo movement, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared a solution for Western women facing sexual harassment: wear a hijab. Khamenei took to Twitter Wednesday to give his advice, posting a two-minute-long video that accompanied his tweet, which he titled “The disaster of countless sexual assaults on Western women — including incidents leading …

Daughters of the revolution: The Iranian women who risk arrest for protesting against hijab laws and demanding equal rights
7 years ago

Daughters of the revolution: The Iranian women who risk arrest for protesting against hijab laws and demanding equal rights

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Though it may seem obvious to younger generations, the …

Women in Iran are protesting the veil — and this time is different
7 years, 1 month ago

Women in Iran are protesting the veil — and this time is different

Salon  

In late December, a young woman appeared standing atop a utilities box in front of the French Bakery on Enghelab Avenue, one of the busiest streets in Tehran. Renowned American feminist Kate Millett noticed this nearly a century and a half later, when she came to Iran to join the women’s march just after the revolution in 1979. Just as …

Hassan Rouhani appoints 3 women to top govt posts: Iran's women never had it easy in politics
7 years, 7 months ago

Hassan Rouhani appoints 3 women to top govt posts: Iran's women never had it easy in politics

Firstpost  

The role of women in Iranian politics has unfortunately always been limited. After Iran president Hassan Rouhani was criticised by reformists for lack of women in his new Cabinet line-up, he appointed two female vice-presidents on Wednesday, but continued to face flak. Since the Iranian revolution of 1979, only 49 women have served in the Iranian parliament — accounting for …

Iran election: Female voters 'failed' by women MPs 'more interested in new fashions than politics'
9 years, 1 month ago

Iran election: Female voters 'failed' by women MPs 'more interested in new fashions than politics'

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “They could have done a lot more, that is …

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