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22 Jan 2005, 11:07 am
[JURIST] A spokesman for Iran's hard-line Guardian Council [BBC backgrounder] indicated Saturday that women can run in June's presidential election [AFP report]. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 5:56 am
With bated breath, the world is watching Iranian women burning their hijabs in the street, testing whether the decades-long status quo of repression has reached a breaking point. [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 11:57 am
International businessmen and women are flooding Iran today with investment proposals in advance of the talks. [read post]
17 Jan 2023, 6:40 am
He also expressed Britain’s support for the Iranian people as they call for their rights and freedoms amidst harsh political repression and remarked how the UK’s condemnation of Iran on the International stage resulted in Iran’s removal from the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 11:53 am
Ahmady is an anthropologist and researcher whose research focuses on local culture, children, women and minority rights. [read post]
7 Mar 2019, 9:38 am
The Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) announced Tuesday that human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh had been convicted in absentia by Judge Mohammad Moghiseh of Iran’s Revolutionary Court. [read post]
29 Nov 2022, 7:40 am
Iran and Iranians were plunged into the dark ages, where women cannot show their face in public and have little rights. [read post]
25 Nov 2023, 6:25 am
Her death led to the Women, Life, Freedom protests across Iran. [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 9:41 am
The “Women, Life, Freedom” protests, triggered by the custodial death of Jina Mahsa Amini, resulted in the arbitrary arrests of thousands without warrants, with several individuals facing the death penalty. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 3:03 pm
Zeynab Jalalian credit: ICHRI This past week Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have been highlighting the plight of two women sentenced to death in Iran. [read post]
25 Aug 2016, 6:29 am
10 Books by Women to Read Before Starting Law School Here's the short list. [read post]
10 Oct 2022, 10:11 am
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said of the sanctions: “These sanctions send a clear message to the Iranian authorities – we will hold you to account for your repression of women and girls and for the shocking violence you have inflicted on your own people. [read post]
20 Jun 2009, 3:32 pm
More than 80 men, women and children were burned alive in this house. [read post]
6 Oct 2023, 6:28 am
I can’t think of a more worthy recipient or a better time for this award to be given as women continue their existential fight for freedom in Iran. [read post]
23 Jun 2024, 3:16 pm
Salehi spoke out against the death of Mahsa Amini and the oppression of women in the country overall. 22-year-old Amini was killed while in police custody for failing to wear a head covering, which is required of women by Iranian religious law. [read post]
24 Jan 2024, 2:39 pm
… These brave women and men have been targeted with intimidation and harassment, including arbitrary arrest and disbarment for seeking to ensure those arrested and charged were able to access their right to a legal defense. [read post]
27 Nov 2023, 8:00 am
The post Israel at Wat: Iran-Backed Houthi Terrorists Fire Ballistic Missiles at U.S. [read post]
22 Jun 2024, 12:59 pm
The 22-year-old was killed while in police custody for failing to wear a head covering, which is required of women by Iranian religious law. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 7:28 am
And at "The Volokh Conspiracy," Eugene Volokh has a post titled "Plaintiffs can sue in California -- rather than in Iran -- because the Iranian system is biased against non-Muslims and women. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 5:08 pm
United Nations Member States today expressed deep concern at reports of human rights violations in Iran, including torture, the use of cruel punishments such as flogging and amputations and “pervasive gender inequality and violence against women,” and called on Tehran... [read post]
