MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR is a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Associate Professor of International Affairs at Texas A ...

Picture: Afghan refugees being deported Following the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, the Islamic Republic has initiated a new wave of widespread repression. Under the guise of “national security” ...

Israel and the United States say that their attacks on Iran are for the benefit of its women. Iranian feminists couldn’t ...

The assumption that bombing Iran's strategic infrastructure would immediately trigger a popular revolt shows a fundamental ...

Chian, now a researcher at Pitt, describes the disconnect between the Iranian people and their culture, and the regime that governs them.

Under the rule of King Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was an ally of Britain and the US, the hijab was even banned because it was argued it suppressed women.

Iran BEFORE the 1979 revolution: Photos show the extent of women's freedom under the Shah - but life was not all rosy By HARRY HOWARD, HISTORY EDITOR ...

But before Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolution "transformed every aspect of Iranian society", Iran was "a very different world", said International Policy Digest (IPD).

Women are at the forefront of a grassroots democratic movement in Iran, leading campaigns that directly challenge both the Islamic Republic and patriarchy.

Women bear the brunt of economic pressures and social restrictions in Iran — yet they remain the driving force for change in the country.

TEHRAN, Feb. 10 (MNA) – After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian women have made significant strides in the fields of science, education, and technology, defying stereotypes and ...