As the referee's whistle signalled the start of the match, two five-year-old Iranian girls faced off, delivering a closely ...

In the ongoing struggle for democracy in Iran, women have emerged as some of the most influential and unifying voices, championing secularism, equality and inclusive governance. Over the past 150 ...

One of Iran's highest-ranking female officials outlined to Newsweek measures she said are being taken by the Islamic Republic to boost the role of women in Iranian society amid Western condemnation ...

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling ...

Women are increasingly seen riding motorbikes in Iran's capital, where laws and religious mores once barred women from ...

Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...

United Nations member states have removed Iran from a key UN women's rights group just months after it joined. The unusual reversal comes as Iran is rattled by an ongoing protest movement sparked by ...

Seven months ago during Grammy week, when every pop star was in Los Angeles, Taylor Hanson, the middle brother of pop-rock trio Hanson and a co-founder of For Women Life Freedom (FWLF), was working ...

Instead of arresting women who shun the hijab head covering, Iran is targeting the cafes where they gather ...

Iranian police arrested 300 people at a party in the central city of Semnan because the event allowed the mixing of men and women. Colonel Ali Mirahmadi, deputy commander of Semnan Province's law ...

Nazanin Boniadi is an Iranian-born human rights activist, actress, and 2023 Sydney Peace Laureate. The Islamic Republic of Iran was built upon bricks of patriarchal misogyny. One of the first acts of ...