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Iranian Photojournalist Who Chronicled Women's Protests Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
The case against her rests on interviews she gave to outlets deemed hostile by the state, and photographs she is accused of sharing with organisations tied to the United States and Israel.
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The Roar Of Silence: How Iran's 'Lionesses' Took Asylum Leap In Australia
The Iranian women's football team is nicknamed 'Shirzanan', meaning lionesses in Persian. The events of the past week have shown why.
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Iran Formally Allows Women To Ride Motorcycles
Women in Iran can now formally obtain a licence to ride a motorcycle, local media reported Wednesday, ending years of legal ambiguity surrounding two-wheelers.
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Iran Arrests Two Women For Dancing In Cemetery: Report
Iranian police arrested two young women after publication of a video in which they danced in a Tehran cemetery without adhering to the country's strict dress code, local media reported Friday.
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"She Was Ill": Iran Woman Who Stripped In Public Released Without Charges
Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it has not issued an indictment against a student who stripped off to her underwear at a university in Tehran.
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Video: Woman Chops Hair On Grave Of Brother Killed In Anti-Hijab Protest
As anti-hijab protests in Iran intensify with over 41 dead and 700 arrested, a video of a man's funeral who allegedly died in the crackdown on the protests, has been widely shared where his sister is seen cutting off her hair over his grave.
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Thousands Of Iran Women Watch Football Match For First Time
Waving flags and snapping selfies, thousands of Iranian women on Thursday attended a football match freely for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the country over its controversial stadium restrictions.
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Iran Football Fan, Held For Entering Stadium, Sets Herself Ablaze, Dies
Iran is to probe the death of a woman football fan, state media said Tuesday, after she reportedly set herself ablaze in fear of being jailed, triggering calls for an end to a ban on women attending matches.
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Women In Iran Are Pulling Off Their Headscarves, Hoping For "Turning Point"
Iranian women have been raising a new challenge to their Islamic government, breaking one of its most fundamental rules by pulling off their headscarves in some of the busiest public squares and brandishing them in protest.
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Iran Chides Police for Using Force Against Female Veil Protester
A man in a police uniform shoved an Iranian woman to the ground for protesting the mandatory headscarf.
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Iran Arrests 29 Women As Headscarf Protests Intensify
Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media reported Friday.
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Iran Police to Confiscate Cars of 'Poorly Veiled' Women
Women drivers in Iran's capital could have their cars impounded by police if they are caught driving with a poorly fixed veil or without their heads covered, a police chief said Wednesday.
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For Iran's Women, Makeup Speaks Volumes
Under the compulsory veil and despite hard times, Iranian women are unrestrained in showing off one feature on which they feel a need to spend money. Their faces.
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In Iran presidential polls, women see flicker of hope for rights
Iran's presidential election is offering a flicker of hope to activists hoping to revive women's rights after they deteriorated during the eight years of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency.
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Woman's execution in Iraq draws Amnesty's ire
Iranian authorities executed on Friday a 23-year-old woman convicted of a murder allegedly committed when she was still a teenager.
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Iranian Photojournalist Who Chronicled Women's Protests Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison
The case against her rests on interviews she gave to outlets deemed hostile by the state, and photographs she is accused of sharing with organisations tied to the United States and Israel.
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The Roar Of Silence: How Iran's 'Lionesses' Took Asylum Leap In Australia
The Iranian women's football team is nicknamed 'Shirzanan', meaning lionesses in Persian. The events of the past week have shown why.
-
Iran Formally Allows Women To Ride Motorcycles
Women in Iran can now formally obtain a licence to ride a motorcycle, local media reported Wednesday, ending years of legal ambiguity surrounding two-wheelers.
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Iran Arrests Two Women For Dancing In Cemetery: Report
Iranian police arrested two young women after publication of a video in which they danced in a Tehran cemetery without adhering to the country's strict dress code, local media reported Friday.
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"She Was Ill": Iran Woman Who Stripped In Public Released Without Charges
Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it has not issued an indictment against a student who stripped off to her underwear at a university in Tehran.
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Video: Woman Chops Hair On Grave Of Brother Killed In Anti-Hijab Protest
As anti-hijab protests in Iran intensify with over 41 dead and 700 arrested, a video of a man's funeral who allegedly died in the crackdown on the protests, has been widely shared where his sister is seen cutting off her hair over his grave.
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Thousands Of Iran Women Watch Football Match For First Time
Waving flags and snapping selfies, thousands of Iranian women on Thursday attended a football match freely for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the country over its controversial stadium restrictions.
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Iran Football Fan, Held For Entering Stadium, Sets Herself Ablaze, Dies
Iran is to probe the death of a woman football fan, state media said Tuesday, after she reportedly set herself ablaze in fear of being jailed, triggering calls for an end to a ban on women attending matches.
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Women In Iran Are Pulling Off Their Headscarves, Hoping For "Turning Point"
Iranian women have been raising a new challenge to their Islamic government, breaking one of its most fundamental rules by pulling off their headscarves in some of the busiest public squares and brandishing them in protest.
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Iran Chides Police for Using Force Against Female Veil Protester
A man in a police uniform shoved an Iranian woman to the ground for protesting the mandatory headscarf.
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Iran Arrests 29 Women As Headscarf Protests Intensify
Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code in force since the Islamic revolution of 1979 intensify, Iranian media reported Friday.
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Iran Police to Confiscate Cars of 'Poorly Veiled' Women
Women drivers in Iran's capital could have their cars impounded by police if they are caught driving with a poorly fixed veil or without their heads covered, a police chief said Wednesday.
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For Iran's Women, Makeup Speaks Volumes
Under the compulsory veil and despite hard times, Iranian women are unrestrained in showing off one feature on which they feel a need to spend money. Their faces.
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In Iran presidential polls, women see flicker of hope for rights
Iran's presidential election is offering a flicker of hope to activists hoping to revive women's rights after they deteriorated during the eight years of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency.
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Woman's execution in Iraq draws Amnesty's ire
Iranian authorities executed on Friday a 23-year-old woman convicted of a murder allegedly committed when she was still a teenager.
