Local activist Ziba Dastjerdi, 33, was also allegedly shot in front of her daughter during a protest in Nishapur.

For Iranian women, regime change is the logical outcome of decades of systematic humiliation under a system built on ...

Kirsty Brimelow KC has been appointed Chair of the Bar Council and is the first to lead an entirely female senior leadership team. A specialist in human rights, criminal and public law, she takes on ...

As deadly mass protests in Iran enter their third week, pictures have spread across social media of women burning images of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The View” host Sara Haines offered a lengthy correction to comments she made on-air this week via her social media on Thursday, ...

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

Haines shared her statement in an Instagram story after a fiery discussion of the conflict between Israel and Iran between the hosts during Hot Topics, the opening segment of the ABC daytime program. ...

Facial recognition systems identify women flouting hijab law Technology also used to target protesters, dissidents Activists fear more arrests, abuses after death of Mahsa Amini Sept 21 (Thomson ...

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 ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused Iranian authorities of causing three women to perish in Qarchak prison after systematic denial of adequate medical care, raising serious concerns over right ...

Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment. She is among a growing number of women and girls who have ...