Iranian women increasingly resist the public headscarf rule. Despite ongoing repression, Iran's regime seems powerless to ...

Women are at the forefront of a grassroots democratic movement in Iran, leading campaigns that directly challenge both the Islamic Republic and patriarchy. The post Women Are Central to Iran's ...

As Iran flirts with revolution, one woman continues to battle against the odds to maintain the spread of cricket in the ...

Even before Saeed Roustayee’s “Woman and Child” premieres at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the Iranian director’s new work is sparking heated controversy that reflects deep soul searching within ...

In this moving interview, she shares her experience of torture and incarceration, reflects on the successive women's revolutions in Iran, questions the West's ideas of regime change, and offers a ...

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They taught you not to shine. And yet, you shine.” These words by Pier Paolo Pasolini resonate deeply with the courage of Iranian women who have broken ...

“The hijab is not my choice but it is part of our life in Iran. It’s a law forced on women but we’ve grown used to resisting from within, for freedom,” he added.

In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields. The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who ...

The hijab is not my choice but it is part of our life in Iran. It’s a law forced on women but we’ve grown used to resisting from within, for freedom. After the dormitory protests, after 2009 ...