Defiance of hijab requirements has grown widespread across Iran. The government seems wary of cracking down, fearing unrest.

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 ...

Iranian authorities brutally suppressed the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, but women in Iran and the diaspora are continuing the fight in small but meaningful ways.

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 ...

For women in Iran, riding a motorbike is part of a legal grey zone - they can own one, but licences remain off-limits. Yet more and more are taking to the streets anyway.

Ahead of The Persian Version ‘s wide theatrical release on Nov. 2, Keshavarz spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about portraying the complicated generational relationships among one family’s women, ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino praised the attendance of women and girls at a Hazfi Cup match in Iran, marking a positive ...

Tahereh Saffarzadeh, a prominent Iranian poet and academic, is remembered for her clear and scholarly English translation of ...

The Iranian culture minister said that the registration of three villages as UNESCO World Heritage Sites is a cultural statement from Iran to the world.

Toronto’s newest cultural district was officially inaugurated Saturday in North York, bringing joy and excitement to the ...

Iran increasingly relies on electronic surveillance and the public to inform on women refusing to wear the country's mandatory headscarf in public, even as hard-liners push for harsher penalties for ...

TEHRAN - The seventh nationwide screening campaign for prevalent cancers in women has been launched in line with marking ...