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Iran's ninja army is made up of 3,500 women
Somewhere in the eastern hemisphere, thousands of female ninjas are being trained for battle. And no, it's not in Japan - or in a new Quentin Tarantino project. -Washington Post - 2/7/12
Will Women Participate in Iran's Parliamentary Elections?
The ninth parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place in the week leading up to International Women's Day, March 8. Iranian women, especially young women who are the majority of Iran's female population and the main protagonists in the arena of struggle for equal rights, will keep protesting against discriminatory laws, knowing full well that they have a long struggle ahead of them on the path to equality. -Khadijeh Moghaddam - 2/6/12
Iran actress wins Henri Langlois award
Renowned Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria has been awarded at the 2012 edition of Annual Prix Henri Langlois's International Awards in France. - 2/1/12
Women in Egypt Heed Warning From Iranian Women on Rights
With Islamists winning nearly half of the seats in Parliament recently, some Iranian women caution their Egyptian counterparts to learn from their revolution, after which they say they lost rights with the formation of an extreme Islamic state. -Dina Sadek, GPI - 1/31/12
A Question of Methodology: Feminist Studies of Gender and the State in Contemporary Iran
Program at Bernard Center for Research on Women in New York City -- Most feminist studies of post-1979 Iran focus on the legal setbacks that women encountered and their collective strategies for regaining the formal grounds they lost with the establishment of an Islamic Republic in Iran. - 1/30/12
Women's rugby in Iran suffering
"The axe has finally fallen on this shameful women's sport!" This was a headline reported to have appeared in a Tehran newspaper at the end of last week, reporting the apparent end of Iranian women's rugby. -Scrum Queens - 1/27/12
Colour of Love - Artists for Hope: Exhibition in support of the Omid Foundations
Iranian artists have come together to put on an exhibition in support of the Omid Foundations. Show your support by purchasing the donated works of art. Despite their past difficulties, and the obstacles still facing them, the young women at the Omid-e-Mehr center have dreams like all of us. - 1/26/12
And they saw Golshifteh without a cover!
I love Golshifteh Farahani. When I opened my email in the morning, I saw a message from a kind and thoughtful friend who had sent me a link to the French magazine's website Madame Le Figaro featuring a nude photo by Golshifteh. She was as beautiful as ever, if not more! -M. Bibak - 1/19/12
Iranian Actress Breaks Taboos, Sparks Scandal By Posing Topless
An Iranian actress living in Paris has been praised for her courage and criticized for her indecency after posing topless for a French magazine and posting the photo on her Facebook page. Golshifteh Farahani, who moved to France last year, says Iranian authorities have told her not to return home. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE - 1/19/12
Iranian women's rights activist slain in car near Galleria in Houston
Gelareh Bagherzadeh was studying molecular genetic technology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She was of Iranian descent and was active in promoting Iranian women's rights, Houston Police Department spokesman Victor Senties said. -Houston Chronicle - 1/17/12
Iranian women call for greater representation in Parliament
Iranian women's groups have called on Parliament's Speaker, Ali Larijani, to increase the number of female MPs in the next Parliament, which will be voted on this coming March. - 1/16/12
Iranian teenage girl to compete in Winter Youth Olympics
Iran has been competing in the Winter Olympics since 1956, but never any woman has been sent to participate in the Games, until Marjan Kalhor became the first female Winter Olympian in the history of Iran in 2010. - 1/9/12
Iranian Artists Forum Hosting Parvin Etesami Film Festival
The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) hosted the opening ceremony of the 6th edition of the Parvin Etesami Film Festival on Sunday after a one year hiatus. The festival, named in memory of the Iranian poetess Parvin Etesami, is in its 6th national edition this year. It was elevated to an international event last year. - 1/3/12
Iranian Women's Rights Activist Sentenced To Three Years In Jail
The appeals court in Mazandaran Province, has upheld a three year prison sentence for women's rights and Campaign activist, Fereshteh Shirazi. The sentence was issued in preliminary court hearings by Judge Hassanzadeh in the northern city of Amol. - 1/1/12
Ahmadinejad steps into Iran's dress-code debate
While leading Shiite Muslim clerics advise women to wear chadors - the traditional head-to-toe cloak, usually black - Iran's urban fashionistas increasingly prefer tight-fitting coats and scant head scarves. Now, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is stepping into the dispute. -Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post - 12/26/11
Mother Of Iranian Political Prisoner Sentenced To Prison For Publicizing Son's Case
Iran has sentenced the mother of a political prisoner to 23 months in prison apparently for publicizing her son's case in media interviews. Parvin Mokhtare is the mother of human rights activist Kouhyar Goudarzi. Both mother and son have been in jail for the past five months. - 12/25/11
The 10,000 Women March In Cairo
Around 10,000 women marched through central Cairo demanding Egypt's ruling military step down Tuesday in an unprecedented show of outrage over soldiers who dragged women by the hair and stomped on them, and stripped one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists the past week. - 12/22/11
Iran's Oldest Female Student: It Is Never Too Late To Learn
An Iranian woman of 65 has decided to continue her studies at university, saying you are never too old to learn. Alaviyeh Robabeh Mojtahed Najafi, now Iran's oldest student, is studying village management engineering at a center of Payame Noor University in the town of Rey, which is located just south of Tehran. - 12/10/11
Call for Solidarity with Iranian Women's Movement: Coming Together with The Butterflies for Peace
The following statement has been endorsed by over 160 prominent Iranian women's rights advocates, activists and scholars living abroad. This was meant to show solidarity with women's rights activists inside Iran and echo their voices internationally. - 12/6/11
Iranian women fight controversial 'polygamy' bill
On a summer night in 2008, the wives of some Iranian members of Parliament started receiving phone calls. "Would you mind if I married your husband - just for a week?" asked the female voice on the end of the line. - 12/1/11
Simin Behbahani: Iran's Foremost Living Poet
This double CD features 15 of Behbahani's most cherished poems, read in the flowing, even tones of her own voice with instrumental accompaniment and English translations read by Susie Ziai. As one of very few recordings of Behbahani's recitations, this unique compilation will no doubt form a treasured part of many collections. - 11/27/11
Iranian Sousan Hajipour wins gold in women Taekwondo
Iranian female athlete Sousan Hajipour has won a gold medal in the World Taekwondo Federation Qualification Tournament to secure a berth in the 2012 London Olympics. - 11/27/11
Photos: Iranian Women Taekwondo Team in Practice
ISNA photographer Mona Hoobehfekr has captured snapshots from the last practice session of Iranian Women Taekwondo Team before their Olympics qualifying matches. - 11/21/11
Ending Violence Against Women is Defending Human rights and Dignity
Social awareness about gender violence, including violence perpetuated against women and girls at home in both immigrant and native communities, has made significant strides during the last three decades, but not significant enough! -Elahe Amani - 11/16/11
Grandmother provides private window on US Iranian elders of the diaspora
For over thirty years Zahra taught Tehran's first graders how to read and write; how to hold a pencil in their hands; and how to become upstanding citizens in a country that later came to be swatted and crushed, pushed, toiled and bombed as it was turned upside down by the ravages of revolution, war and international isolation. -Bahar Mirhosseini, WNN - 11/2/11
Iranian American women find success, celebrate heritage
Conference in Costa Mesa attracts 680 attendees and speakers. Behind the conference that brought together more than 12,000 hours of combined experience and attracted 680 guests was an Iranian American woman who for years dreamed of bringing women from her country under one roof. -Daily Pilot - 10/30/11
Iranian Journalist Parisa Hafezi, winner of 2011 Courage in Journalism Award
Riot police armed with electric batons attacked Parisa Hafezi as she struggled to cover the bloodshed and chaos on the streets of Tehran. Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters marched, with many shouting, "We fight, we die." - 10/30/11
Cartoons: Iranian women in Metro by Elham Ataei Azar
In this cartoon set, Elham Ataei Azar is displaying 31 digitally created artworks about the different characters of women's wagons in Tehran Metro. Ataei Azar held an exhibition in early September in Tehran displaying this group of works as Men Do Not Enter. - 10/28/11
Single-gender hospitals coming to Iranian provinces
Iranian Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi has declared that every Iranian province must establish at least one single-gender hospital. - 10/28/11
Iranian-Americans Have a Rare Opportunity to Make History: Sharmin Eshraghi Bock running for San Francisco District Attorney
Sharmin Eshraghi Bock is currently one of the front runners for San Francisco District Attorney. Bock, 49, was born in Iran to Iranian parents, and came to the United States when she was four. Iranian Americans should be watching this race closely, and getting actively involved in the few weeks that remain before the election, because she is poised to pull an upset. - 10/26/11
Courage in Journalism
What follows is my interview with Parisa Hafezi, bureau chief for Reuters in Iran, who is being honored by International Women's Media Foundation for her courage to report on the violent protests in Iran after the 2009 election. -Tabby Biddle, Huffington Post - 10/25/11
Iran finishes 2nd in West Asian women's football tourney
Iran lost to the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday night in the final of the 4th West Asian Women's Football Championship. - 10/15/11
Iran women Wushu athletes win golds
Iranian women Wushu practitioners have put in excellent performance at the 11th World Wushu Championships in Ankara, Turkey, and captured three gold medals. - 10/14/11
Iran women reach final of football tourney
The Iranian female football team has edged past Jordan in the 4th West Asian Women's Football Championship in the United Arab Emirates to reach the final. - 10/11/11
Photos: Iranian Women Football Team Defeats UAE 4-1
Iranian football players have defeated the United Arab Emirates in the preliminary round of the 4th West Asian Women's Football Championship currently underway in Abu Dhabi. - 10/7/11
Iranian Women's Rights Activist in Prison Without Family Contact
An informed source close to 38-year-old women's rights activist Fereshteh Shirazi told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that since her arrest on 3 September 2011 in the city of Amol, she has had very little contact with her family. - 10/6/11
Second Annual Iranian-American Women's Leadership Conference
Dedicated to trailblazers, the conference is led by Iranian-American woman who have created their own paths, become pioneers in their fields, and achieved both professional and personal successes. With inspiring panel discussions, this conference aims to educate, invoke courage and creativity, and inspire women to pursue their goals. - 10/5/11
Rare Interview Surfaces With The Wife of Iran's Supreme Leader
Several Iranian websites have posted an interview with the wife of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in which she discusses, among other things, her life with Khamenei, whom she portrays as a caring husband, and talks about her favorite form of Islamic hijab. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE - 10/5/11
Photos: Iranian Men and Women Canoe Polo Teams Crowned as Champions of Asia
Iranian men and women canoe polo senior teams became champions of Asia in the 14th Canoe Polo Asian Championships and World Qualifying games held in Tehran from September 29th to October 2nd. - 10/3/11
Photos: Iranian Women Canoe Polo Team Defeats Taiwan in Asian Championship
Iranian women canoe polo team, current champions of Asia, displayed their superiority by defeating Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 11-1 in their first Asian Championship match in Tehran. Some are calling the high score a revenge for the loss of Iranian men's team to the Chinese Taipei team earlier in a close 6-7 match. -Omid Vahabzadeh - 9/30/11
Iranian Woman Activist Sentenced to 11 Years in Jail
Nargess Mohammadi, the deputy head of Iran's Human Rights Defenders Centre and chief executive of the National Council of Peace, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Islamic Republic judiciary. - 9/28/11
Saudi women given the right to vote
The Saudi King has given women the right to vote and run in municipal elections, which are the only public elections in Saudi Arabia. - 9/26/11
Social media gives women a voice in Iran
Female protesters were beaten, raped and intimidated in a post-election crackdown by the Iranian authorities. Silenced by stigma and fear, these women are now using social media to bear witness to the horror -Julie Tomlin, Guardian - 9/24/11
Iranian Deputy Says Female Defendants Should Not Wear Chador In Court
Eftekhari said the "sanctity of the chador would be blemished" if such women wear it, and the sight of women thus attired would have a "negative impact on society." Eftekhari also said the Iranian Prisons Organization, which requires women to wear the veil in court, should ask them instead to drape themselves in "bed sheets" or "a piece of cloth with the prison's logo." - 9/21/11
Conference in Oxford: Coercion or Empowerment -- Official Anti-Veiling Campaigns in the Middle East and Central Asia
A one day conference focusing on official anti-veiling campaigns in the Middle East and Central Asia in the 1920s-30s from a comparative historical perspective. - 9/16/11
NYU Presents Thought-Provoking Documentary on the Lives and Works of Iranian Female Artists
New York University's Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies presents Robert Adanto's Pearls on the Ocean Floor, Thursday, September 29 at 7:00P.M. at the Cantor Film Center: 36 East 8th Street. A panel of noted scholars and journalists led by The New Yorker's Laura Secor will follow the screening. - 9/13/11
Iranian female weightlifters barred from world event
Iran Weightlifting Federation president Hossein Rezazadeh has said that the world federation officials have rejected the Islamic countries' suggested strip for women in the world events. - 9/11/11
Minister answers call for gender segregation in universities
Iran's Assembly of Experts is calling on officials to institute gender segregation in Iranian universities, prompting Iran's Minister of Science and Technology to announce: "Women's Colleges will be established all across Iran." - 9/10/11
Woven colors of nature in exquisite Iranian clothes
A profusion of vibrant colours and patterns has always been one of the main features of traditional Iranian dress since ancient times. This characteristic is still evident in the traditional dresses of rural and tribal women, whereas in the polluted, built-up environment of towns and cities it has succumbed to dull, monotone colours. - 8/29/11
Athletic, Muslim, Fashionable - a Tale of the Sports Hijab
Female Muslim athletes who observe a strict Islamic dress code sometimes face the question of whether they will be allowed to participate in major competitions -- with their heads and most of their bodies covered. Now, one Iranian-Canadian woman is marketing a product to change that. - Tala Hadavi, VOA, Montreal - 8/26/11
Iranian Women Wushu Players Shine in China
Iranian women wushu players showed excellence performance at Asian Wushu Championship in Shanghai on Saturday. Tahereh Ghasemi and Sepideh Shakerian claimed two gold medals in taolu. Iran's number of medals reached to eight in this tournament. - 8/21/11
Iranian taekwondo poomsae women win silver in China
Iranian women's poomsae team won silver medal in 26th world Universiade in Shenzhen, China on Friday. Taekwondo poomsae is a combination of basic actions and movements exercised with an imaginary opponent. - 8/16/11
IRAN: Ahmadinejad's newspaper in fight with hardliners over hijab
Iran's ultra-hardliners have gone after a newspaper that acts as a mouthpiece for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after it published a supplement on the Islamic dress code for women in what is perceived as a battle for the loyalty of the country's middle class. -LA Times - 8/16/11
Iranian family drama in US cinemas
Iranian feature film "Nader and Simin, a Separation" directed by Asghar Farhadi would start screening in the US cinemas early October. The Film which has been screened since early June in France is amongst the 10 best selling movies in the European country. -ISNA - 8/14/11
"Nader and Simin" back in favor for Oscar race
Asghar Farhadi's acclaimed film "Nader and Simin, a Separation" is once again in the spotlight within the community of the Iranian cineastes after the issue of selecting Iran's representative for the Oscars 2012 was broached last week. - Mehr - 8/14/11
Faezeh Hashemi to be put on trial on Sunday
Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of Expediency Council head Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, will be put on trial on Sunday August 14. - RadioZamaneh - 8/13/11
Reporting on war: Women in the line of fire
Dorothy Parvaz remembers just how she felt being hauled by a handful of hair from a car where she'd been wedged between two armed men. She recalls the sensation of standing in a tiny cell - its walls and the floors sticky with blood. -The National - 8/9/11
Do women without kidneys mean children without future?
Why Iran is one of the leading countries in kidney trade? Why every year thousands of people come into the country for a transplant? Is it because a lot of our fellow citizens in search of money come to the black market, where prices for body are several times higher, and sell their kidney and thus their health? -Amir Mostafavi, RealIran - 8/8/11
Iran, Where A Water Fight Can Land You In Prison
It sounds absurd, but sadly it's the reality in the Islamic Republic of Iran where, among other things, having a bit of fun can also land one in prison. The young women and men had gathered last week in a Tehran park, ironically named the Garden of Water and Fire, and splashed water at each other. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE - 8/3/11
Iran Releases Prominent Actress Pegah Ahangarani on Bail
Iran has freed a well-known dissident actress from prison following heightened criticism of its crackdown on artists and rights activists. Pegah Ahangarani, an outspoken supporter of Iran's opposition Green Movement, was released Wednesday from Tehran's Evin Prison on $84,000 bail. - 7/28/11
Iranian Parliament omits controversial family law bill
Parliament has once again delayed consideration of a controversial bill to amend the Family Protection Act, which would give Iranian men the right to multiple marriages without first proving adequate financial resources. -Zamaneh - 7/28/11
Iranian Activists Decry Violence Against Women Amid Reported Gang Rapes
More than 500 Iranian women's rights activists and their supporters have issued a statement calling on authorities to put an end to "systematic violence against women" as the sixth gang rape in recent months was reported, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. - 7/27/11
The imprisonment of Actresses in Iran; new developements in suppressing women
A month ago Marzieh Vafamehr, who is an actress as well producer of documentaries was detained and sent to the notorious Gharechak-Varamin prison which is known as not a prison but a torture chamber without the least of facilities. -Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Feminist School - 7/25/11
Iranian Women's Rights Activist Arrested In Qom
Maryam Bigdeli, an Iranian women's rights activist and a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign to End Discriminatory Laws, has been arrested in Qom to serve out a prison term she has challenged as illegal. - 7/25/11
Iranian Women Karatekas Win Several Medals in Asian Championships
Iran's female karatekas grabbed one gold and two silver medals in the Asian Karate Championships in China. The gold medalist for Iran was Parisa Vafaie in the minus 48 kg category in the age group 16 to 17 after overpowering the Chinese rival. - 7/22/11
Persian Letters: 'Brainless Badly Veiled Women'
This cartoon by the hard-line Fars news agency, which is a clear insult to those Iranian women who don't respect the Islamic hijab fully and are often described by authorities as "badly veiled," is making the rounds on social media. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE - 7/19/11
Iranian Activist Held Despite Order For Her Release
Women's rights activist Maryam Bahreman remains in detention despite an order from the Prosecutor 's office in Shiraz to release her on bail at the start of July . Amnesty International considers her to be a prisoner of conscience, held solely for the peaceful exercise of her rights to freedom of expression and association. - 7/18/11
Soccer's Wardrobe Malfunction
FIFA says headscarves are unsafe. Iran is crying foul. Inside the controversy. -Newsweek - 7/18/11
Entrepreneurial Activity Is A Key To Success But Women Face Special Obstacles
There is no magic formula for knowing how countries become wealthy and their citizens happy. But there is a growing body of evidence that a key factor is entrepreneurial activity and the opportunity for anyone to engage in it who wants to. -Charles Recknagel, RFE - 7/17/11
Photos: Women Banned from Iranian Hookah Teahouses
As part of combating morality issues, women in Iran have been banned from entering teahouses that offer hookah . These photos show the police in Tehran enforcing the ban and shutting teahouses that are violating it. - 7/14/11
Monir Farmanfarmaian: 'In Iran, life models wear pants'
John Cage called her 'that beautiful Persian girl' and Andy Warhol kept her work on his desk. Monir Farmanfarmaian tells Laura Barnett about New York, exile -- and finally making it at 87 -Guardian - 7/13/11
Iran Compound Women Team Finishes 2nd in World Archery Championships
The Iranian team (Vida Halimian, Mahtab Parsamehr and Shabnam Sarlak) was defeated by U.S. team 231-223 in the final match on Saturday and finished at the second place. - 7/9/11
Conservative cleric condemns halt to single-sex classes in Iranian universities
Conservative cleric Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi has denounced plans to halt gender segregation to Iranian university classes and the aggressive ousting of professors. - 7/9/11
Iran's Science Minister Halts Gender Segregation In Universities
Iran's Minister of Science said plans to segregate male and female university students have been halted in accordance with the president's orders, and no more professors will be retired until new ministry guidelines have been approved. - 7/8/11
IWF Changes Dress Code Rules, Lets Muslim Weightlifter Compete
When Kulsoom Abdullah started weightlifting three years ago, she never thought she would be the first headscarf-donning Muslim American to compete in the USA National Weightlifting Championships - America's most prestigious weightlifting competition. -Lolla Mohammed Nur, VOA - 7/7/11
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