When Azam Jangravi saw video of an Iranian woman walking around a university campus in Tehran stripped to her underwear, she ...

Authoritarian regimes rely on patriarchal structures to consolidate their power. In Iran, this partnership serves to control ...

Earlier in November, video went viral on social media capturing the moment the woman, named by BBC Persian as Ahoo Daryaei, ...

Director Mohammad Rasoulof risked his life to make “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” in Iran. Then came the hard part.

Amnesty International calls on Iran to free woman said to have been "violently arrested after she removed her clothes in protest" of harassment by authorities.

University officials claimed that the woman was suffering from "severe mental pressure and had a mental disorder." ...

Her arrest drew international condemnation, with Amnesty International among those calling for her immediate and ...

Roshanak Molaei disappeared in Tehran after being taken into custody by police, raising concerns about her treatment as the ...

The protests followed the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian Kurdish woman who was taken into morality police custody for allegedly not fully complying with hijab rules. The 22-year-old ...

Amnesty International shared video of the incident on social media and called for the immediate release of the woman, who it said had been “violently arrested" Saturday.

A Kurdish-Iranian woman named Roya Heshmati was whipped 74 times after a photo of her was published a few months ago in which she was seen not wearing a hijab in Tehran, Iranian human rights ...