Oppression on Women

Prominent Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani has been detained by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) after attempting to post her work on a wall near the presidential ...

As Iran's Islamic government tightens its grip on enforcing mandatory hijab, reports of extortion and abuse of Iranian women at the hands of hijab enforcement ...

Despite fierce protests from society, Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi wants to maintain strict police checks on women for headscarf offences. "Respecting the headscarf is not ...

Recent statements from top clerics and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reflect their rising concerns about the weakening of their ideological control due to growing defiance ...

In response to the arrest of a Islamic scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi, imprisoned for criticizing compulsory hijab laws and Iran's Supreme Leader, 320 Iranian political and ...

Iranian MP Mehdi Bagheri has warned that a travel ban is being considered as one of the penalties for defying compulsory hijab as crackdowns on ...

An Iranian lawmaker, involved in drafting Iran’s controversial new compulsory hijab bill, claims it is "compassionate" in nature. The bill, imposing severe punishments on women ...

In the past year, 41 Iranian lawyers have been arrested amid ongoing government crackdowns on dissent. A report published by the Vokalapress website, a specialized ...

Alireza Khari is not the only political prisoner in Iran who committed suicide under continuous psychological pressure and torture, even after release from prison. Khari, ...

Authorities of the Islamic Republic have sealed over a hundred shops across various cities including after being accused of disrespecting the month of Ramadan. Iranians ...