Protests have broken out across Iran over the death of a woman held by morality police for "unsuitable attire", with ...

Iran is using aerial drones, facial recognition systems, and a citizen-reporting app to enforce mandatory hijab laws on women, according to a United Nations report released Friday. The report ...

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 ...

A year ago, women led historic protests against Iran's Islamist government. The spark for that uprising? The death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who had been detained by the Iranian morality police ...

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 ...

A woman without a headscarf holds a sign reading, "For Freedom" in Farsi, beside a burning dumpster amid protests against the Islamic Republic of Iran's mandatory hijab law in Tehran on Oct. 1, 2022.

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 ...