One of Iran's top Shiite clerics, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem, has spoken out against the use of violence to force women into wearing the Islamic veil.

Jan. 25, 50 Emory University faculty, staff and students have signed an open letter to Emory and University President Gregory ...

An Iranian professional soccer player has been summoned to face a disciplinary committee and banned from participating in the ...

Iran has charged 16 people, including several teenagers, in the northwestern Iranian city of Urmia for planning ...

Sustained protests have taken place in Iran since the Sept. 16, 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, left, in police custody. | ...

The Iranian uprising defies the constraining definitions of feminism, it presents to the world the crudest form of organised protest and collective outrage that speaks for each and every woman of Iran ...

Fines range from women being ordered to perform community service to an international travel ban.

In November, she shared a picture of herself on Instagram without the Islamic hijab and holding a sign reading "Women, Life, Freedom" to offer support for the protest movement. After Shekari's ...

The Lord of the Rings actor on being part of Iran’s ‘first female-led revolution of our time’, fleeing Tehran — and facing down TV directors over the hijab ...

A recently published report in a U.S.-based magazine says Iran is likely using ... they are being arrested for hijab infractions a day or two after attending protests, even though they had no ...