Iranian women

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani Vigil

RuthS — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:53:12 +0000

Human tv.. youtube channel.

protectthehumanatshoreditchchurch2010 — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:38:04 +0100

Interesting interactivity. showing protect the human project.

Stop theExecutions of Zeynab Jalalian and Hossein Khezri

Vashka — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:15:09 +0100

Zeynab Jalalian and Hossein Khezri are awaiting execution in Iran. Their crime? "Enmity against God." They are both members of the minority Party for Free Life of Kurdistan, and the Iranian government is using this catch-all phrase to persecute political dissenters under the guise of a religious charge.

Source: Stop theExecutions of Zeynab Jalalian and Hossein Khezri

Iranian opposition leader's wife accuses supreme leader over protest crackdown | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:37:46 +0000

The wife of one of Iran's opposition leaders today accused the nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, of allowing violence and abuses to crush opposition supporters, including the alleged beating of her son during last week's protests.
Fatemeh Karroubi claimed her son Ali was savagely attacked inside a mosque by hardline militiamen amid a large-scale security crackdown on Thursday during events marking the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
"They beat him up and insulted him along with other people arrested. This happened in a house of God,"

Source: Iranian opposition leader's wife accuses supreme leader over protest crackdown | World news | guardian.co.uk

Resilient Iranians still dream of a new revolution | World news | The Guardian

DrPot — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:27:26 +0000

Tehran University students have been filing into their classes past giant posters of Ayatollah Khomeini and the stern slogans of the Islamic revolution for the last 30 years. But the angry scenes on the university's sprawling campus this week seemed like a throwback to another age.
"Marg bar diktatur" (Death to dictatorship), they chanted in their thousands, waving green banners and posters behind high canvas screens tied to the railings as basij miltiamen and revolutionary guards prowled the streets outside.
Some held up Iranian flags with the symbol of the Islamic republic cut out of the middle.

Source: Resilient Iranians still dream of a new revolution | World news | The Guardian

Iranian men don hijabs in protest at student's arrest

DrPot — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:15:21 +0000

Iranian opposition supporters have launched an online campaign to free a student activist accused of dressing as a woman to try to avoid arrest.
Hundreds of men have posted photos of themselves wearing Islamic headscarves as part of the "Be a man" campaign to show solidarity with Majid Tavakoli.
He was arrested during protests in Tehran on Monday and state media showed images of him in headscarf and robes.
The opposition say the pictures were staged in a bid to discredit him.

Source: Iranian men don hijabs in protest at student's arrest

Iranian MP claims sexual abuse of protesters has been proved | World news | guardian.co.uk

DrPot — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:42:48 +0100

An Iranian MP said today there is proof that some reformists were sexually abused in prison after the disputed presidential election in June.
"Raping of some detainees through baton and soda bottle has been proved to us," the unnamed member of the investigative committee was quoted as saying.
His comments are the first official acknowledgment that prisoners were violated. Until now, Iran's leaders had dismissed such opposition claims as mischief-making.

Source: Iranian MP claims sexual abuse of protesters has been proved | World news | guardian.co.uk

Amnesty Blogs: Messages of Solidarity - Iranian Women's Campaign for Equality

Aggy — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:59:36 +0100

As most of you would be aware by now, Amnesty International UK is running a campaign of solidarity in support of the women's rights defenders in Iran. By showing our support we are hoping to help them maintain their strength and bravery as they stand up against discriminatory laws enforced by a suppressive and violent government.

By showing such strong support for these women we are also ensuring that the Iranian government know that we are watching in the anticipation that this will make them more accountable and provide some protection to these women.

Source: Amnesty Blogs: Messages of Solidarity - Iranian Women's Campaign for Equality

Iran's women take a step forwards | Heather Harvey | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Aggy — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:41:45 +0100

For all the gloom of events in Iran today, this is still a time of hope for women, as their campaigning has had a slow but sure effect

Source: Iran's women take a step forwards | Heather Harvey | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Iran 'to hold election recount'

Aggy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:49:35 +0100

Iran's powerful Guardian Council says it is ready to recount disputed votes from Friday's presidential poll.

Source: Iran 'to hold election recount'

Iranian elections: live | News | guardian.co.uk

Aggy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:06:31 +0100

Iran's hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces a critical challenge to his leadership from his moderate rival Mir Hossein Mousavi in today's poll. Follow live updates from Tehran by our Middle East editor Ian Black

Source: Iranian elections: live | News | guardian.co.uk

Ahmadinejad courts a divided Iran

fionamc — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:41:20 +0100

As Iran approaches its presidential election, the country is more divided than at any time since the revolution.

Huge crowds have been taking to the streets to support rival candidates. Many people believe that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in real danger of losing the election.

Source: Ahmadinejad courts a divided Iran

BBC NEWS | Q & A: Iran's presidential election

Aggy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:59:51 +0100

Voters go to the polls in Iran on 12 June to choose the country's next president in a battle between the ruling conservative or "principle-ist" president and more moderate candidates.

Source: BBC NEWS | Q & A: Iran's presidential election

Iran: Facebook and Twitter are Filtered

Aggy — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:52:32 +0100

The Iranian ministry of communications filtered a number of new websites, including Facebook and Twitter.

Source: Iran: Facebook and Twitter are Filtered

Delara Darabi executed in Iran

unicorn27 — Fri, 01 May 2009 11:43:25 +0100

Iranian authorities executed Delara Darabi in Rasht Central Prison on Friday morning.

Source: Delara Darabi executed in Iran

BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iran women to get equal insurance

salmai — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:47:15 +0000

Insurance companies in Iran will have to pay the same compensation for women and men in the case of death or injury, the Iranian government has said.
Previously, insurance policies have paid women or their families half of what a man or his relatives receive.

Source: BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Iran women to get equal insurance

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:50:01 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:37:35 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:29:28 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:21:38 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:57:59 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:30:14 +0000

Amnesty Youth Weekend on Women's rights in Iran

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:48:33 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:27:48 +0000

Amnesty Youth Weekend on Women's rights in Iran

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:20:33 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:07:44 +0000

Amnesty Youth North and South. Young leaders weekend, November 2008

Fifi — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:55:39 +0000

Artist of the week 27: Shadi Ghadirian | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

vero — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:00:28 +0000

Tehran-based Shadi Ghadirian is internationally acclaimed for her clever sculptures that comment on the lives of Iranian women

Source: Artist of the week 27: Shadi Ghadirian | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

Heather Harvey: Trying to read Grazia in Iran

fionamc — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:08:31 +0000

A crackdown on Zanan, a popular woman's magazine, is symptomatic of wider suppression of free media in the country

Source: Heather Harvey: Trying to read Grazia in Iran

Zanan, Iran’s Leading Women’s Magazine, Shut Down by Government | WLP

boatrocker — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:18:59 +0000

In a significant setback for the women’s movement in Iran, the Press Supervisory Board of Iran backed by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, revoked the license of Zanan, the country’s most prominent and important women’s magazine.

Zanan, which means “women” in Persian, is a monthly magazine dedicated to the reporting and analysis of women’s issues, problems, and achievements.

After 16 years of publication, Zanan's founder Shahla Sherkat has been accused of "offering a dark picture of the Islamic Republic through the pages of Zanan" and of "compromising the psyche and the mental health" of its readers by providing them with "morally questionable information."

Source: Zanan, Iran’s Leading Women’s Magazine, Shut Down by Government | WLP