Articles for Iranian Women

Body as a site for defiance
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Body as a site for defiance

The Hindu  

Albert Camus’s classic quote from his philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus, “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion”, came to life in Iran recently. Women’s bodies as a ‘site of state control and policing’ have been the nerve centre of most states …

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Iran’s brutal oppression of women has entered a dark new phase
3 weeks, 3 days 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 …

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How Iran’s hijab ‘treatment clinics’ use mental illness to control women
3 weeks, 6 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 …

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Iranian Woman Detained for Stripping Down to Underwear at University in Tehran
2 months, 1 week ago

Iranian Woman Detained for Stripping Down to Underwear at University in Tehran

CNN  

Iranian woman stripped to her underwear outside her university in Tehran in a protest against the country's strict Islamic dress code. The woman, who had previously been harassed by members of the Basij paramilitary group, sat outside the university in her underwear and with her hair uncovered. She was forcibly bundled into a car and driven away by a group …

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Two years after Mahsa Amini death, Western allies sanction a dozen Iranian officials
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Two years after Mahsa Amini death, Western allies sanction a dozen Iranian officials

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S., Canada and Australia hit a group of Iranian officials with sanctions Wednesday for their participation in suppressing protests and detaining people in relation to the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman who died in the custody of Iran’s morality police two years ago for improperly wearing a mandatory headscarf. In 2023, a teenage Iranian girl …

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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 …

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Iranian women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. She wasn't there to accept it
1 year, 1 month ago

Iranian women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi won this year's Nobel Peace Prize. She wasn't there to accept it

ABC  

This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, couldn't be at the presentation ceremony. Fight continues despite imprisonment Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, praised Ms Mohammadi's "life-long struggle in support of human rights and strong civil society". "This year's Peace Prize recognises the brave women in Iran and around the world who fight for …

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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”, …

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A Nobel for Iran’s Mother Courage
1 year, 3 months ago

A Nobel for Iran’s Mother Courage

Hindustan Times  

Narges Mohammadi, the Nobel peace prize laureate of 2023, has been one of Iran’s foremost human rights activists for nearly two decades. To understand better the struggle of Mohammadi and others like her in Iran, we should take a step back and look at the long process of the movements that Iranian women have led for dignity and social justice …

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Nobel Peace Prize: All You Need to Know About Honour Given to Peacemakers
1 year, 3 months ago

Nobel Peace Prize: All You Need to Know About Honour Given to Peacemakers

News 18  

At the Nobel Institute in Oslo, the Peace Prize on Friday could go to women’s rights campaigners, climate activists or international courts probing war crimes, with experts saying the field is wide open. After the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising in Iran following the death in custody of a young Iranian Kurd arrested for violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code …

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Iran’s jailed rights advocate Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
1 year, 3 months ago

Iran’s jailed rights advocate Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Al Jazeera  

Narges Mohammadi is honoured for her fight against ‘the oppression of women’ in Iran at ‘tremendous personal costs’. Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women’s rights advocate, has won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous struggle against the oppression of women in Iran and relentless fight for social reform. Olive Moore, Interim Director at Front Line Defenders, said, “This …

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A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground
1 year, 5 months ago

A year ago, an Iranian woman’s death sparked hijab protests. Now businesses are a new battleground

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — For months, Iranian authorities did little to enforce the law on women covering their hair but now the country’s theocracy is pushing to make businesses the new battleground over the mandatory headscarf. “Instead of addressing people’s legitimate grievances, the regime continues to obsess over the hijab and act as if its very survival depends on whether women …

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More Iranian actresses summoned for not wearing hijab
1 year, 8 months ago

More Iranian actresses summoned for not wearing hijab

Al Jazeera  

This week alone, a sports federation chief resigns and several more actresses face charges over mandatory hijab law. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s judiciary has summoned two more well-known actresses for taking off their headscarves in public as they continue their efforts to crack down on violations of the country’s hijab laws, which have now gone beyond celebrities to encompass businesses …

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Iran to use cameras in public spaces to identify unveiled women
1 year, 9 months ago

Iran to use cameras in public spaces to identify unveiled women

Al Jazeera  

The police says it will ‘not tolerate any kind of individual or collective behaviour and action’ violating the law. Iranian authorities are installing cameras in public places and thoroughfares to identify and penalise unveiled women, the police has announced in a new attempt to rein in increasing numbers of women defying the compulsory dress code. The announcement came amid growing …

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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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Delhi Police busts Iranian gang for robbing elderly women posing as cops
2 years ago

Delhi Police busts Iranian gang for robbing elderly women posing as cops

India Today  

An Iranian gang, accused of robbing elderly women and foreign nationals by posing as fake policemen in Delhi, has been busted. Delhi Police arrested the kingpin of the gang, Shikander Ali alias Sajid, who is named in more than 21 cases of cheating and robbery. Another member of the Irani gang, Akbar Ali alias Kabir, has also been arrested, against …

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Iran removed from U.N. women’s rights body after protest crackdown; India abstains on resolution
2 years ago

Iran removed from U.N. women’s rights body after protest crackdown; India abstains on resolution

The Hindu  

India has abstained in the U.N. Economic and Social Council on a draft resolution to oust Iran from the principal global intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and women empowerment. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the vote by the U.N. Economic and Social Council to remove Iran from the U.N.’s Commission on the Status of …

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Masih Alinejad is fighting Iran's leaders and inspiring the country's women to rise up
2 years, 1 month ago

Masih Alinejad is fighting Iran's leaders and inspiring the country's women to rise up

ABC  

Masih Alinejad is under attack. "The Iranian government is scared of me and I'm only 45 kilos," says Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and human rights activist who was banned from reporting in Iran and driven into exile 13 years ago. Ladan Boroumand, co-founder of Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, a Washington-based organisation that advocates for human rights in Iran, says that Facebook …

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England vs. Iran: For Iranians, this World Cup is about more than football
2 years, 1 month ago

England vs. Iran: For Iranians, this World Cup is about more than football

CNN  

CNN — For the last few months, soccer in Iran has witnessed small acts of defiance against the country’s regime amid widespread protests in the country; Sardar Azmoun’s refusal to celebrate scoring an equalizer against Senegal and several players changing their social media profile pictures to black. “How can this team go and perform when you’re supposed to be a …

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Iranian women are fighting for their rights. They've had to fight for them for generations
2 years, 1 month ago

Iranian women are fighting for their rights. They've had to fight for them for generations

ABC  

The women of Iran are rising up — again. Pardis Mahdavi adds that, "under the Shah, women certainly had more freedom of dress, etc, but women still felt that their ability to participate — political participation — was stunted". "The women who took part in marches in the millions, they expected that the government would not only provide them with …

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Women. Life. Freedom: Vafa Hakhamaneshi, Iran’s voice away from home in India
2 years, 2 months ago

Women. Life. Freedom: Vafa Hakhamaneshi, Iran’s voice away from home in India

The Hindu  

The three words Iran’s Vafa Hakhamaneshi has been thinking about day and night for the last two weeks. There have been widespread calls from Iranian footballers and sports personalities to FIFA to suspend the national football federation and even ban Iran from this month’s World Cup in Qatar. This was needed -- for people who live or work outside Iran …

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Meghan Markle wears t-shirt with 'Women, Life, Freedom' written in Farsi
2 years, 2 months ago

Meghan Markle wears t-shirt with 'Women, Life, Freedom' written in Farsi

Daily Mail  

Meghan Markle made a surprise appearance at Spotify's headquarters on Tuesday and spoke in support of the protests in Iran while wearing a shirt emblazoned with a message written in Farsi. Meghan Markle with Archewell executive vice president of global communications Ashley Hansen, and president Mandana Dayani, both of whom are Iranian Meghan Markle with Archewell president Mandana Dayan at …

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Urvashi Rautela Chops Off Her Hair Short In Support Of Ankita Bhandari And Iran Protesters
2 years, 2 months ago

Urvashi Rautela Chops Off Her Hair Short In Support Of Ankita Bhandari And Iran Protesters

ABP News  

New Delhi: Bollywood actress Urvashi Rautela is the latest celebrity to publicly endorse the anti-hijab protests by Iranian women. Cutting my hair in support of Iranian women and girls who have been killed in protests at the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by Iranian morality police & for all the girls. View this post on Instagram A post …

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Iran protests: Security forces open fire at anti-hijab protestors in latest crackdown
2 years, 2 months ago

Iran protests: Security forces open fire at anti-hijab protestors in latest crackdown

Firstpost  

The crack of gunfire interrupted demonstrators’ chants in the cities of Isfahan and Karaj and in Amini’s hometown Saqez, in videos shared by two Norway-based human rights organisations Tehran : Gunshots were fired as Iranian security forces confronted protests Wednesday over Mahsa Amini’s death in a crackdown that rights groups say has already cost at least 108 lives with many …

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