More Iranian women are choosing to forgo the country's mandatory hijab. This shift was unthinkable just a few years ago in ...

In many cities around the world, change often starts quietly. It begins with small acts that would seem ordinary anywhere else. In Tehran, those acts stand out in a very different way.

Paniz Faryoussefi, who made history last week as the first woman to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, says she hopes her ...

As Iranian women defy the law and let their hair down, Tehran's conservative wing sounds alarm to judiciary, says it 'cannot ...

Women are increasingly seen riding motorbikes in Iran's capital, where laws and religious mores once barred women from motorbikes TEHRAN, Iran -- When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ...

Since coming to power in July 2024, President Masoud Pezeshkian has maintained that women cannot be forced to wear the hijab.

When West Vancouver psychotherapist and clinical counsellor Poran Poregbal began exploring the inner lives of Iranian women ...

What appears to be a simple wedding video of a bride walking down the aisle has enraged an entire nation for one huge reason.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main ...