Women's rights in Iran
Concern grows for Iran woman detained over underwear protest
A woman flashes a thumbs-up as she takes part in a protest gathering called by the "Woman Life Freedom Collective" (Femme Vie Liberte) and the Association Phenix in support of the Iranian student, believed to be named Ahou Daryaei, arrested after stripping to her underwear in Tehran, by the Pantheon monument near the Sorbonne University in Paris on Nov. 5, 2025.
How Iran “silences” dissidents in psychiatric hospitals – What the Center for Human Rights denounces
Iran: The first official government reaction regarding the student – She is a disturbed individual receiving treatment
The young Iranian woman, who publicly stripped down to her underwear as a form of protest while walking on the grounds of an Iranian university, does not pose a security issue but is described as a “disturbed individual” receiving treatment, according to a government spokesperson.
Iran crushing protests led to 'crimes against humanity’
The violent repression of peaceful protests and discrimination against women and girls by Tehran led to serious rights violations, many amounting to crimes against humanity, a U.N. experts probe said on March 8.
Who is Armita Geravand, 16-year-old Iranian girl reportedly left brain dead by morality police?
Like Mahsa Amini, who died in custody last year, Geravand could become a symbol of resistance
Women defying the Hijab Laws in Iran are being forced into Psychiatric Treatment
Iran's government is sending women for counseling in an effort to enforce regulations requiring them to cover their hair. Healthcare organizations have warned that the country's judiciary is appropriating mental medicine for its own ends, but others have cited the action as evidence that the government is unable to uphold hijab rules, France 24 reported.
Iran's morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress on women
Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality police returned to the streets 10 months after the death of a woman in their custody sparked nationwide protests.
Film on Iranian women wins main award at docu fest
Be My Voice, a documentary about Iranian women's fight against the forced wearing of the hijab, has won the Amnesty International Slovenia Human Rights Film Award as the 25th Festival of Documentary Film in Ljubljana.
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Four Dead, 61 Injured in Iran's Evin Prison Blaze
At least four people died and 61 were injured in the fire at Tehran's Evin prison on Saturday, state news agency IRNA reported.
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War Crimes Trial of Iranian Ex-Official Moves to Albania
The trial of a former Iranian official accused of crimes against humanity, arrested in Sweden, has moved to Albania, where several members of an Iranian exiled opposition group People's Muhajedin of Iran, MEK, based in Albania since 2013, will testify.