Iranian Women

Why Priyanka Chopra is getting hate for supporting anti-hijab protests in Iran

Last week, Priyanka Chopra took to Instagram to condemn the death of Mahsa Amini and support anti-hijab protestors in Iran. However, her critics have accused her of ‘selective outrage’ as the actor has often refrained from commenting on issues plaguing India

Explained: Iran's gender apartheid and its continued discrimination against women

Since the 1979 Revolution, systematic gender inequalities are prescribed legally and enforced by the Iranian regime to deny the women the 'right to life and liberty' and 'basic human rights and freedoms'

31 killed, several arrested: How Iran's protests continue to spread a week after woman's death in hijab arrest

The protests over the death of an Iranian woman are the biggest in the Islamic Republic since the November 2019 unrest over fuel price rises, and are marked this time by the presence of large numbers of women

Six days on, Iran continues to see massive protests: What’s keeping the spark going?

Many Iranians see 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s death as part of the Islamic Republic’s heavy-handed policing of dissent and the morality police’s increasingly violent treatment of young women

Hijab, travel restrictions and more: How Iranian women's freedom has been curtailed since 1979 Islamic Revolution

Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died after being detained by the morality police in Iran reportedly for not wearing her hijab properly. Her death has sparked protests in Iran, where freedom for women is curtailed. But this was not always the case

Iran again bans women from entering football stadium

Around 2,000 women, who had bought tickets for the Iran-Lebanon match, were present in the perimeter of Imam Reza stadium but could not enter the venue, local media reported

Hassan Rouhani appoints 3 women to top govt posts: Iran's women never had it easy in politics

The role of women in Iranian politics has unfortunately always been limited. Since the Iranian revolution of 1979, only 49 women have served in the Iranian parliament.

'Chastity patrols' to ensure Iranian women are well covered

"Chastity patrols", created by an Iranian paramilitary group, are patrolling the streets of Iran to force women to go "well covered" in public.