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23 Sep 2022, 5:13 pm
 Protests have erupted across Iran and the world, with people chanting "Women..Life...Freedom" Bruce Springsteen sang "you can't start a fire without a spark" and Iran has been dancing in the dark since religious extremists came to power in February 1979. [read post]
23 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by Catherine Morris
There have been seven previous High Commissioners – four women and three men. [read post]
Iran faced criticism from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, who called on the Iranian government to “end its systemic persecution of women. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 6:17 am by Antara Joardar
Biden said in his remarks before the General Assembly that the United States stood with “the brave citizens and women in Iran who are right now demonstrating to secure their basic rights. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 1:12 am
 Pix credit here  She left the web, she left the loom She made three paces thro' the room She saw the water-flower bloom, She saw the helmet and the plume,        She look'd down to Camelot. [read post]
He specifically noted solidarity with “the brave women of Iran” who are currently protesting the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody. [read post]
People in and outside of Iran have criticized the Tehran police and called for increased police accountability after women throughout the country have experienced abuse and violence at the hands of police. [read post]
20 Sep 2022, 4:55 am by Emma Snell
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20 Sep 2022, 4:55 am by Emma Snell
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12 Sep 2022, 3:05 am
Source: Deutsche Welle (9 September 2022)https://www.dw.com/en/iran-rights-groups-slam-death-sentences-for-lgbtq-activists/a-63069473 Iran said this week that a court had sentenced to death two female gay rights activists for "spreading corruption on earth" — a charge frequently imposed on people deemed to have broken the country's Shariah laws.The country's official IRNA news agency reported that the two women, Zahra Sedighi Hamedani, 31,… [read post]
31 Aug 2022, 7:57 am by Karin Landgren
The DPRK’s recent rhetoric concerning the use of nuclear weapons[1] and Iran’s uranium enrichment activities have also elevated nuclear tensions globally. [read post]
29 Aug 2022, 5:59 am by Douglas London
For some, the gauge will be human rights, political freedoms, and the plight of Afghan women. [read post]
25 Aug 2022, 2:53 pm by Darya Dolzikova, Daniel Salisbury
Earlier this summer, the United States offered to free convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in exchange for Moscow’s release of two American nationals: Women’s National Basketball Association star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan. [read post]
15 Aug 2022, 7:55 am by Philip Mousavizadeh
Iran denied any responsibility for the attack on Salman Rushdie that has left him in critical condition. [read post]
12 Aug 2022, 5:00 pm
Speaking out for the rights of women in her native country. [read post]
4 Aug 2022, 9:00 am
Women can be arrested for driving alone in Saudi Arabia. [read post]