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.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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

The court found that a hijabless performance had violated “public decency through the production and publication of obscene and immoral content on cyberspace platforms.”

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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

The Amnesty report found that Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity to suppress the demonstrations.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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

“Women’s problems are not limited to the hijab,” Fattahi said. “Freedom does not simply mean having the freedom to choose whether or not to wear a hijab. This is the most basic of women’s rights.”

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Full scope of poison attacks against Iranian schoolgirls revealed

Sources have provided The Media Line with a true picture of the extent of the incidents, including the names of many of the schools singled out for attack

MARCH 12, 2023ByFELICE FRIEDSON, SARA MILLER/THE MEDIA LINE
A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Iran is growing a Shi'ite nucleus in Israel, manipulates internal strife - opinion

Iran, discontent with their current regime of torture, is attempting to expand their influence in Israel.

MARCH 10, 2023ByRUTH WASSERMAN LANDE
A PERSON is lifted to an ambulance outside a girls’ school after reports of poisoning in Ardabil, Iran, in this still image from an undated video released last week.

Women's Day rallies seek equal rights, focus on Iran, Afghanistan

Governments around the world marked the day with legislative changes or pledges intended to promote women's rights.

MARCH 8, 2023ByREUTERS
People participate in an International Women's Day demonstration, in Melbourne, Australia, March 8, 2023.

Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses

Iran rejected what it views as foreign meddling and "hasty reactions" and said on Friday it was investigating the causes of the incidents.

MARCH 4, 2023ByREUTERS
A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Overnight protests rock Tehran, other Iranian cities, online videos show

The marches that began on Thursday evening and went on into the night marked 40 days since the execution of two protesters last month.

FEBRUARY 17, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022

Iran marks 44th anniversary of revolution as online hackers interrupt state TV coverage

Hackers interrupted a national broadcast, calling for death to the dictator.

FEBRUARY 11, 2023ByREUTERS
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the 33rd anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini's shrine in southern Tehran, Iran June 4, 2022.

Israeli artist paints mural in Nazareth supporting Iranian women - opinion

This is not a trivial step in a country where an apprehensive atmosphere prevails between Arabs and Jews. It symbolizes Israel's broad support for Iranian women.

FEBRUARY 3, 2023ByRUTH WASSERMAN LANDE
HOOMAN KHALILI (left) and the writer stand in front of the mural.

'Tehran' star Liraz Charhi sings for women's freedom in Iran, Israel

Already, Liraz Charhi says, public shows have been canceled by the new Israeli government, reluctant to have a woman’s voice heard by men. 

JANUARY 28, 2023ByPAMELA PELED
Liraz Charhi, star of ‘Tehran’

Jerusalem mural shows solidarity with Iranian protesters

The Woman Life Freedom mural of Jerusalem is meant to be a show of solidarity with the people protesting in Iran.

JANUARY 27, 2023ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A view of the mural in Jerusalem’s Talpiot industrial area

Iran Revolution is not just a local problem but a global one - opinion

In the 120 days since the protests on 2022, Iran has ruthlessly murdered at least 525 protesters and detained and tortured countless more.

JANUARY 17, 2023ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
THE BIGGEST disappointment was watching how Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was welcomed at the United Nations and the General Assembly, says the writer