As Trump steps back from threats against Iran, Kurdish Iranian opposition group says it's ready to help topple the regime, ...

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 ...

As revolution sweeps Iran, a senior analyst told Newsweek why some who often speak up for humanitarian causes have stayed ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — On the streets of Iranian cities, it's becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death ...

The Women’s Assembly of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party issued a written statement condemning the approval of a death sentence for Kurdish activist and labor rights ...

Protests have escalated over the past week in Iran, leaving more than a thousand people dead, according to rights groups.

In December 2023, the presence of 3,000 women at the Tehran derby between Persepolis and Esteghlal seemed to indicate progress in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Female fans had been banned 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 ...

Hein Htet Kyaw (Abu Bakr), the Director of Australasia for Atheist Alliance International and a spokesperson for Burmese ...