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

Iran hangs two men for alleged crimes committed during protests - judiciary

Iranian authorities are seeking the death penalty for at least 26 others in what it called "sham trials designed to intimidate protesters in the popular uprising that has rocked the country."

JANUARY 7, 2023ByREUTERS
Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022

15 Iranian women start hunger strike against regime’s prison conditions

Laila Mirzo: 'It is impressive that women are causing the mullahs to stagger.'

JANUARY 6, 2023ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
A woman walks after the morality police shut down in a street in Tehran, Iran December 6, 2022.

Iranians mourn murdered protesters, chant 'death to Khamenei!'

At least 508 protesters have been killed by Iranian forces since nationwide protests began in September, including 69 children.

DECEMBER 29, 2022ByTZVI JOFFRE
A man gestures during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022.

Iran likely to be ousted from UN women's body

Iran, 17 other states and the Palestinians argued that ousting Iran would " create an unwelcome precedent."

DECEMBER 14, 2022ByREUTERS
A woman walks after the morality police shut down in a street in Tehran, Iran December 6, 2022.

Iranian student protestors poisoned ahead of mass protests, student union claims

Iranian authorities blame the food poisoning outbreak on water-borne bacteria. Iran’s student union is not buying the explanation. 

DECEMBER 7, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protesters in Iran remove their head coverings in defiance of the Islamic Republic's laws as protests continue to grow despite regime crackdown, November 2022.

Iranian regime likely to survive the protests, Israeli official predicts

Iran has been engulfed in widespread protests against the regime since mid-September after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed in police custody.

DECEMBER 5, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attend an IRGC ground forces military drill in the Aras area, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, October 17, 2022.

IRGC, Basij militia personal information leaked online by protesters - exclusive

Iranian dissidents are using the Darknet, a shadow realm within the internet, to fight back against the Ayatollah’s foot soldiers.

DECEMBER 4, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Basij militia forces attend a meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran November 26, 2022.

Niece of Iran's Supreme Leader urges world to cut ties with Tehran over unrest

"O free people, be with us and tell your governments to stop supporting this murderous and child-killing regime," said Farideh Moradkhani, niece of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

NOVEMBER 27, 2022ByREUTERS
A man gestures during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022.

Iranian secularization sees soaring support for regime change - poll

Majority of Iranians oppose compulsory hijab, do not pray five times a day, Tony Blair Institute finds.

NOVEMBER 22, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Iranian women chant during a protest condemning the Shiraz attack and unrest in Tehran, Iran October 28, 2022

Hulata says Iran protesters’ slogan in Bahrain speech: Woman, Life, Freedom

National Security Advisor Eyal Hulata recited teh slogan of protesters against Iran's regime, "Woman, life, freedom," during an address in Bahrain.

NOVEMBER 20, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Dr. Eyal Hulata, the new national security adviser.