Iran’s brutal oppression of women has entered a dark new phase
3 weeks, 1 day 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 of the Women and Family Department of the Tehran Headquarters for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, announced the opening of a “clinic for quitting hijab removal” that will use “psychological methods” to “cure” women who defy the compulsory hijab law. Her sentence spurred protests in Tehran’s infamous Evin Prison, where female prisoners – in a leaked audio file – can be heard shouting “Zan, zendegi, azadi” : the slogan made famous by the Amini protests. Iranian women could face fines of up to £12,500, flogging, up to 15-year prison sentences – and even the death penalty – for peacefully protesting the compulsory hijab law.

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How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women
3 weeks, 4 days ago

How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women

Firstpost  

Iran is using psychiatry to curb dissent by sending women who refuse to wear the Islamic headscarf to ‘hijab removal treatment clinics’. It is a historical tactic to use mental illness to ‘treat’ women who challenge the system Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023. File Photo/Reuters …

Iran: Female student who stripped in defiance might be subjected to 'torture' in psychiatric unit, rights groups say
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2 months ago

Iran: Female student who stripped in defiance might be subjected to 'torture' in psychiatric unit, rights groups say

Firstpost  

The woman, named Ahoo Daryaei on social media, has been declared mentally unfit and a “troubled individual” by the Iranian government after a video of her walking around half-naked at the Islamic Azad University in Tehran became viral The female university student who stripped to her underwear in defiance is reportedly admitted to a psychiatric unit in Iran and human …

Iran’s women going without hijabs as 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran’s women going without hijabs as 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches

The Hindu  

On the streets of Iranian cities, it's becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the mass protests it sparked approaches. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators described as “expanded repressive measures and policies” by Iran's theocracy to punish them …

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Women in Iran are going without hijabs as the 2nd anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death approaches

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators describe as “expanded repressive …

In Iran, putting the hijab at the centre for change
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls
6 months, 1 week ago

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls

The Hindu  

Almost every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. Iran’s national police chief, Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, has alleged without providing evidence that the country’s enemies plan to transform the nation’s culture by encouraging women to avoid …

As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown
6 months, 2 weeks ago

As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all. Iran’s national police chief, Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan, has alleged without providing evidence that the country’s enemies plan to transform the nation’s culture …

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code
7 months, 1 week ago

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code

NPR  

Iran launches aggressive crackdown on women who defy strict Islamic dress code LEILA FADEL, HOST: Last month, Iran launched an aggressive new crackdown on women who defy the country's strict Islamic dress code. PETER KENYON, BYLINE: The nationwide protests sparked by the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, in the custody of the morality police may have died …

Iran's violent new hijab crackdown is caught on camera with women bundled into vans by 'morality police' and victims claiming they have been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Iran's violent new hijab crackdown is caught on camera with women bundled into vans by 'morality police' and victims claiming they have been brutally beaten and sexually assaulted

Daily Mail  

Iran's so-called 'morality police' have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week. Iran 's morality police have intensified their enforcement of the country's draconian hijab restrictions in several cities over the past week, with footage emerging from the country of officers rounding up women and bundling them into white vans Suspected …

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

'Even animals don't do these things': Iranian forces sexually brutalised men, women, children protesters
1 year, 1 month ago

'Even animals don't do these things': Iranian forces sexually brutalised men, women, children protesters

Firstpost  

One victim shared her horrifying ordeal of being raped during interrogation, stating, “Even animals don’t do these things.” Another survivor detailed being gang-raped inside a vehicle by plainclothes agents who subjected detainees to electric shocks A recent damning report by Amnesty International exposes a disturbing pattern of sexual violence against protesters, some as young as 12, by Iranian security forces …

What to read by and about Iranian women
1 year, 2 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”, …

Hijab rule: Iran sending women for psychological treatment for defying Hijab
1 year, 5 months ago

Hijab rule: Iran sending women for psychological treatment for defying Hijab

Live Mint  

A protest that spread like a wildfire after the death of Mhasa Amini under the custody of Iran's moral police, has now forced the Iranian government to resort to psychological treatment implement its Hijab rule. In another case of punishment by Tehran court a woman was sentenced to two months in prison and six months of psychological treatment for “a …

Iran: Moral Police return to streets, with renewed campaign imposing Hijab
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran: Moral Police return to streets, with renewed campaign imposing Hijab

Live Mint  

Iran's infamous moral police have returned to the streets ‘policing’ women and their attire, despite mass protests that rocked the nations threatening their government, after the death of Mahsa Amini. The Moral Police with the backing of the Iranian authorities were seen abck on streets, 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests. The …

Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule
1 year, 5 months ago

Iran’s ‘morality police’ return as authorities enforce hijab rule

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Iran has relaunched patrols by the so-called morality police as authorities escalate their efforts to enforce the country’s mandatory hijab rules. The morality police would “issue warnings and then introduce to the judicial system people who unfortunately insist on their norm-breaking behaviour without concern for the consequences of their covering that is outside of the norm”, he …

Iran pledges to take strict action against people who promote removing the veil
1 year, 8 months ago

Iran pledges to take strict action against people who promote removing the veil

India Today  

People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran's deputy attorney general was quoted as saying on Saturday. Iranian police on Saturday installed cameras in public places to identify and penalise unveiled women, Iranian media reported. "The crime of promoting unveiling will be dealt …

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

Iran protesters told they are ‘bringing down the patriarchy’

The Independent  

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Iran & Women’s rights: How Gen Z is using social media to challenge patriarchal laws
2 years ago

Iran & Women’s rights: How Gen Z is using social media to challenge patriarchal laws

India TV News  

Iran has been going through a surgical phase in terms of women’s rights as the country witnessed unprecedented agitation against patriarchal hijab laws. But what makes this movement different is how young women are tapping into social media to elevate their own agency and challenge the country’s patriarchal laws. Although the constitutional revolution aimed to establish legal and social reforms …

Iran at political crossroads
2 years ago

Iran at political crossroads

The Hindu  

Iran has been rocked by agitations since the killing of Mahsa Amini, 22, who was in detention of the morality police enforcing strict hijab norms, in September. Placards carry the slogan, “Death to Khamenei”, Iran’s supreme leader and the principal guardian of the Islamic revolution. However, there is a deeper problem: Iran’s ‘reformists’ uphold the Islamic order and only advocate …

Iran hijab row: Police targeting women protests especially on their faces, breasts and genitals: Report
2 years 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 activists brush off claim morality police abolished
2 years, 1 month ago

Iran activists brush off claim morality police abolished

The Hindu  

Campaigners backing Iran's protest movement on Monday dismissed a claim that the Islamic republic is disbanding its notorious morality police, insisting there was no change to its restrictive dress rules for women. Amini was accused of flouting Iran's strict dress code demanding women wear modest clothing and the hijab headscarf, and her death sparked protests that have spiralled into the …

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police
2 years, 1 month ago

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police

Deccan Chronicle  

TEHRAN: Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, local media said Sunday. Women-led protests, labelled "riots" by the authorities, have swept Iran since the 22-year-old Iranian of Kurdish origin died on September 16, three days after her arrest …

Iran 'Abolishes' Morality Police After Months Of Protests: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Iran 'Abolishes' Morality Police After Months Of Protests: Report

ABP News  

UPDATE: Amid mass protests continuing since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini while in custody of the morality police in September, several media reports earlier this month quoted Iran’s attorney general Mohammad Jafar Montazeri as saying that the state’s morality police had been “abolished”. New Delhi: Protest-hit Iran has abolished its morality police, news agency AFP reported, citing …

Women In Iran’s Conservative Region Join Mahsa Amini Protests
2 years, 1 month ago

Women In Iran’s Conservative Region Join Mahsa Amini Protests

ABP News  

New Delhi: Black-clad women in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province on Friday, joined nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, in what a rights group called a rare move in the staunchly conservative region. “It is indeed rare,” the IHR director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, said of the protests by women in Zahedan, where men have been taking to the streets after …

Iran has reached a point of no return: Princesses of Persia won't give an inch
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran has reached a point of no return: Princesses of Persia won't give an inch

New Indian Express  

On September 16, she died of torture by the dreaded Iranian morality police, arrested for not covering her head. They are publicly dumping the oppressive head-cloth and screaming for the head of Iran's Supreme Leader, the ruthless Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Islamist despots, who have ruled over Iran since 1979, are quivering in their gilded corners, burned by the wrath …

Iranian women burning their hijabs are striking at the Islamic Republic’s brand
2 years, 3 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 …

Women’s choice: a threat to Iranian state
2 years, 3 months ago

Women’s choice: a threat to Iranian state

The Hindu  

In the propagation of the myth of all-round vulnerability of women lies the strength of the Iranian state. The slightest sign of digression, let alone defiance, as in the case of Mahsa Amini who was arrested by morality police for dress code violation, is considered a challenge to age-old male hegemony. At a time when Iranian women are beginning to …

Iran anti-hijab movement: ‘Streets are capital of women’s revolution’
2 years, 3 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 …

Iran: Women Rise in Revolt but May Not Dislodge the Mullah Regime
2 years, 3 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, 3 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: …

Dissident: ''Iranian women are furious'' over headscarf death
2 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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 …

Hijab is Iran’s ‘Berlin Wall’ and with it will crumble puritanical tyranny
2 years, 3 months ago

Hijab is Iran’s ‘Berlin Wall’ and with it will crumble puritanical tyranny

Firstpost  

The hijab for Muslim, Iran in particular, is the single most glaring infringement of one’s personality and totally undermines the principle of individuation New Delhi: The Berlin Wall when it came down signaled more than just the unification of a country divided along ideological lines, rather it became the tombstone of Communism as such, marking the beginning of what Samuel …

Iranian women removing headscarves to protest mandatory hijab laws
2 years, 5 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 …

Review: Iranian Women and Gender In the Iran- Iraq War by Mateo Md Farzaneh
2 years, 6 months ago

Review: Iranian Women and Gender In the Iran- Iraq War by Mateo Md Farzaneh

Hindustan Times  

A war, big or small, can transform a society beyond recognition. This book is the first major academic study of women’s role and contribution to the Iran-Iraq war that lasted eight years. 457pp; Syracuse University Press The objectives of this volume are two-fold: firstly, to examine women’s role in the Iran-Iraq war, and secondly, to look at how gender roles …

Women who dare dissent targeted for abuse by Yemen’s rebels
4 years, 8 months ago

Women who dare dissent targeted for abuse by Yemen’s rebels

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Samera al-Huri’s fellow activists were disappearing, one by one. “This is the darkest age for Yemeni women,” said Rasha Jarhum, founder of the Peace Track Initiative, which lobbies for women’s inclusion in peace talks between the Houthis and Yemen’s internationally recognized government. Al-Huri said when she rejected a Houthi official’s request to snitch on other activists, she was …

Dying after setting herself on fire, “Blue Girl” spotlights Iran’s women’s rights movement
5 years, 3 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 …

Iranian women defy threat of decade-long jail sentence by taking photos of themselves without headscarves
5 years, 5 months ago

Iranian women defy threat of decade-long jail sentence by taking photos of themselves without headscarves

The Independent  

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How women from Islamic republics fight gender inequality all over the world
5 years, 9 months ago

How women from Islamic republics fight gender inequality all over the world

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Gambians are tolerant, supportive and respectful, …

Iranian Woman's Struggle for Freedom and Expression Under the Hijab Mandate
6 years, 10 months ago

Iranian Woman's Struggle for Freedom and Expression Under the Hijab Mandate

CNN  

A young woman stands on top of a utility box, holding a white headscarf aloft in front of a crowd of one-eyed monsters, her medusa-like hair cascading over her shoulders. The scene comes from an animated video created by Samin, a 32-year-old motion graphics animator from Tehran, with the help of her boyfriend, an illustrator. Together the couple have been …

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