This week marks the third anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody — an event that ignited one of the most powerful protest movements in Iran since 1979. “Woman, Life, Freedom” became not ...

Three years ago, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Jina Amini was fatally beaten by Iran’s morality police. She’d been arrested for not following the Islamic Republic’s dress code. Her death ...

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

In the tense and transformative days after Mahsa Amini's death in police custody in September 2022 for allegedly wearing a head scarf improperly, a new anthem surged from Iran's streets: "Women, Life, ...

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 ...

Nationwide protests broke out in September of 2022 following the death in custody of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurd Mahsa Amini.

Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian is awaiting trial for working with female dancers and singers after being arrested earlier this month, in the country's latest move to stop women artists performing.

Senior Revolutionary Guards general, Hassan-Nia, rebuked the president's comments this week, arguing: “Dialogue won’t fix the problem. Firm action is required. If the Leader permits, we will tear the ...