Bettmann Archive/Getty Images The roots of resistance by Iranian women date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the Constitutional Revolution. After the 1979 ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, a popular Iranian musician, was arrested in a 2023 crackdown after releasing a song that praised women who rejected ... which Iran’s Revolutionary Court had sentenced him to ...

I was summoned and interrogated several times," said Mohebi. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, women in Iran have been required to cover their hair in public. But an increasing number of them ...

On March 7, the Consulate General of Sweden in New York City held a gathering in honor of International Women’s Day and the 80th book birthday of the strongest girl in the world: Pippi Longstocking.

Verisheh Moradi, 39, from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish ethnic minority and a member of the group East Kurdistan Free Woman Society (known by the acronym KJAR), is at risk of execution after Branch 15 of ...

While Lora Jones’s debut is largely concerned with the impact of the French Revolution on the role and advancement of women (despite women’s involvement in some of the revolution’s most ...

and achievements of women globally. Here are a variety of heartfelt messages, greetings, and quotes to honour and inspire women, highlighting their vital contributions and encouraging continued ...

Women will overthrow the Islamic system established in Iran after the 1979 revolution even if the authorities survive a military conflict, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said in a message ...

Paris (AFP) – Women will overthrow the Islamic system established in Iran after the 1979 revolution even if the authorities survive a military conflict, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) A new report has been published detailing the impact of terrorism on Iranian women, revealing that 649 women have been killed in attacks carried out by terrorist groups between 1979 ...

Forty-six years ago, around this time, Khomeini seized power, marking the beginning of a dark era for Iranian women—a vital part of society—who were to be oppressed and marginalized ...