Iranian women

Iran Nobel laureate Mohammadi needs urgent heart treatment in Tehran, brother says

"She is suffering from terrible headaches, nausea, and chest pain. That is what we are very worried about, her heart," her brother Hamidreza Mohammadi said in an interview.

 A picture of Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi on the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet, in connection with the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2023, in Oslo, Norway December 10, 2023.
Mira Nassiri. From crossing mountains into Turkey to confronting legal challenges in Canada, her story is one of persistence and pursuit.

Money, power, exile: Inside an Iranian exile’s war on regime-linked wealth in Canada

A woman wearing a Lion and Sun Iranian flag (used before the 1980 Islamic Revolution) holds a sign during a protest in solidarity with the anti-government protesters of Iran on February 14, 2026.

Meet the lionesses of Iran leading the fight for freedom

Shamim Mafi, 44, driving a luxury vehicle in an undated picture; illustrative.

LAX authorities arrest Iranian national attempting to traffic arms to Sudan for Islamic regime


Empowering women: Israel's Knesset hosts special conference for International Women's Day

Stormy separate Knesset committee discussion over funding for a forum that combats domestic violence cut short

 Women protest at Habima Square in Tel Aviv against the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the US, June 28, 2022.

Iranian women are 'not afraid' to shed hijab on streets of Tehran report shows

The punishment for not wearing a hijab is largely financial, although there are new systems to report women not complying with hijab rules to the morality police.

 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iranian journalists released face new legal case for flouting hijab

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammad were released on Sunday temporarily after paying bail.

 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Kurdish-Iranian woman whipped 74 times for not wearing hijab

As she was flogged, Roya Heshmati chanted "in the name of woman, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn..."

 Iranian women walk on a street during the revival of morality police in Tehran, Iran, July 16, 2023

Iran's Khamenei suggests West destroys women’s dignity in social media post

The Iranian Supreme Leader took to X this week to chastise the West over its treatment of women.

 Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei looks on during a meeting at the IRGC Aerospace Force achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran November 19, 2023

New Jerusalem mural memorializes Iranian ‘Women Memorial Warriors’

“Not fearful of the enemy, Shirel knew her duty and did it. I want the women of Iran and the women of the Middle East to look at Shirel as a fearless woman who stood up to a terror organization.”

New mural of Masha Amini (right) and Shirel Haim Pour (left) on the side of the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

Iranian doctor fired from university for not wearing hijab

"The roaring river finds its way, even if it has to pass through hard and impenetrable rocks," wrote the doctor after she was fired.

 Iranian woman gestures while without hijab in front of security forces, October 2022

Plight of Iran’s Jews a reminder of its terror against women, minorities - opinion

Iran's Jews were forced to protest against Israel's actions in Gaza. Yet Tehran tellingly turned a blind eye to the Hamas' horrific crimes against women.

 Iranian women gather during the funeral ceremony of Milad Heydari and Meghdad Mahghani, members of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Damascus, held in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2023.

UN rights committee calls on Iran to disband morality police

Iranian police and basij militia, who are affiliated with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, enforce compulsory public dress codes using violence, according to the United Nations and rights groups.

 IRANIAN POLICE officers patrol a street amid the revival of the morality police in Tehran, this week.

Iranian state media: Teenage girl Armita Geravand is 'brain dead'

Iran has denied that Geravand was hurt after a confrontation on Oct. 1 with officers enforcing the mandatory Islamic dress code in the Tehran metro.

 Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.