Voices from Iran: women defy fear in the face of brutal crackdown ...

Over three years after the suspicious death of Jina Mahsa Amini sparked a nationwide protest movement in Iran, artists continue to fuel creative resistance.

Authorities in Iran have long been fighting a battle with women who refuse to wear the hijab or headscarf, often arresting and, in some cases, killing them for disobeying the religious edict. Now the ...

An ongoing internet blackout and intensifying crackdowns are obstructing documentation of abuses in Iran, as women human rights defenders face arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment, and prolonged detention.

Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment. She is among a growing number of women and girls who have ...