Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...

In the ongoing struggle for democracy in Iran, women have emerged as some of the most influential and unifying voices, championing secularism, equality and inclusive governance. Over the past 150 ...

On December 14, 2024, in an unprecedented move, the Supreme National Security Council, a twelve-member body tasked with ensuring Iran’s foreign and domestic security, intervened to halt the ...

Behind Iran’s ancient sites and legendary hospitality, women are holding together a tourism industry shaped by sanctions and geopolitics. In this World Tourism Network feature, Shahrzad Moayeri shares ...

Amnesty International on Tuesday criticized Iran’s newly implemented mandatory veiling law, saying that it intensifies the systemic subjugation of women and girls. The law enforces harsh penalties, ...

In the tense and transformative days after Mahsa Amini's death in police custody in September 2022 for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly, a new anthem surged from Iran's streets: "Women, Life, ...

In Tehran’s dense traffic, where millions of cars and motorbikes jostle daily for space, a quiet transformation is taking shape. Women, long excluded from the city’s motorbike culture by regulation ...

The recent Los Angeles premiere of "Tales" (Ghesse-ha) by writer-director Rakshan Bani-Etemad, was part of the UCLA Film and Television Archive's Celebration of Iranian Cinema. I saw this touching and ...

Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for ...

The controversial bill, approved by Iran's parliament in September 2023, seeks to impose harsher penalties on women who refuse to wear headscarves, or hijabs, and on businesses that serve them.

TEHRAN, Iran — Two of the main organizers of a marathon in Iran have been arrested after pictures circulated on social media showing women competing without the mandatory headscarf. “One of those ...

An Iranian woman protests the death of Mahsa Amini death after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Iran, Oct. 1, 2022 (AP photo). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click ...