Iranian women

WATCH: Iranian women get military training as regime seeks recruits for ‘self-sacrifice’ campaign

Iranian state media published images of women training in missile use, urban warfare, firearms, and drone operations as part of a new military training campaign.

 Military forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran conduct street parades and provide military training to supporters in preparation for a potential conflict with the United States and Israel on September 18, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.
IRANIAN SINGER Parastoo Ahmadi will be severely  punished for performing without a hijab in an online concert.

Musician sentenced to 74 lashes for hijabless performance as Iran continues entertainment crackdown

A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" during a silent march denouncing the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026.

‘Architects’ of Iran’s brutal Woman, Life, Freedom crackdown must face intl justice, Amnesty says

A woman hand holds a sign with drawings of a lion and an Iranian woman and the slogan Woman Life Freedom in Paris in France on January 18, 2026. Demonstration in support of the Iranian uprising against the Islamic and in favor of the return of Reza Pahlavi.

Mahsa Amini's legacy, four years after her murder by Iran's morality police - editorial


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.