Women's Rights

Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the Iranian Supreme Court's decision to uphold the death sentence of Pakhshan Azizi, a Kurdish...

t least 31 women were executed in Iran in 2024, according to the Oslo-based rights group Iran Human Rights (IHR), marking the highest annual...

Iranian authorities arrested at least 644 women over alleged improper veiling in 2024, US-based rights group HRANA said in its annual report on human...

The struggle of women in Iran against theocratic oppression has become a global symbol of resistance, demanding freedom, human rights and gender equality.

ndependent human rights experts reporting to the United Nations expressed grave concern over the rise in the systematic targeting of women from the Baha’i...

Amidst a huge surge in executions in the Islamic Republic—862 so far in 2024, the highest per capita execution rate globally—the Iranian authorities are now increasingly...

UN experts on human rights issued a statement today, December 13, 2024, in Geneva, calling on the Iranian regime to repeal its new Hijab law set...

Execution, long jail terms and big fines for ‘promoting’ nudity, unveiling or improper dressing come into force