Iranian lawmakers have pushed through changes to the dowry law, further weakening women's rights and aggravating gender ...

In Iran, tourism is becoming one of the few spaces where women can earn, lead and be seen even as the system around them works to keep them out, states a new study from the University of Surrey.

Behind Iran’s ancient sites and legendary hospitality, women are holding together a tourism industry shaped by sanctions and ...

When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran's ...

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 ...

The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to ...

He continued, “In Europe, women did not obtain formal property rights until 1932, whereas Islam, fourteen centuries ago, ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed Western capitalist systems reduce women to objects and erode their basic dignity. He added that in the West, women are used for "material exploitation." ...

On December 3, 2025, women from all walks of life, many accompanied by their children and newborns, gathered for the annual ...

On December 14, 2024, in an unprecedented move, the Supreme National Security Council, a twelve-member body tasked with ensuring Iran’s foreign and domestic security, intervened to halt the ...

The ancient rain-seeking ritual Tal-o Mahtal, observed in Iran’s Qaleh Bala village, is originated as a community response to ...

The organizers “did not take these warnings seriously” and violated “public decency,” a public prosecutor told state media.