ANALYSIS: How Iran’s Government Has Weaponized Sexual Violence Against Women Who Dare to Resist
By Mina Fakhravar / The Conversation
In Iran’s 2022–2023 “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, women’s bodies quite literally became battlefields.
The protest movement erupted after the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa (Jina) Amini, who was arrested by Iran’s...
Islamic Republic’s Treatment of Women and Girls Condemned by UN Experts
By Natasha Phillips
The Islamic Republic’s treatment of women was criticized during an Oct. 12 United Nations committee meeting in Geneva by several UN experts discussing violence against women and women’s rights defenders around the...
Iran Withholding Bodies of Protesters From Families, UN Says
GENEVA, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office on Friday voiced concern about Iran's treatment of detained protesters and said that authorities were refusing to release some of the bodies of those killed.
"We've seen a...
U.S. Wants Iran Ousted From U.N. Women’s Body
By Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The United States will try to remove Iran from the 45-member U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) over the government's denial of women's rights and brutal crackdown on...
COMMENTARY: Iran’s Future Will Be Brighter Than Its Past
By Princess Noor Pahlavi
On this, the 100th day of its national revolution, I am newly inspired and amazed by the continuity, growth, and unity of the Iranian people’s movement to reclaim and rebuild Iran.
I...
Prince Reza Pahlavi Issues First Call to Action as Iran’s Winter Protests Escalate
By Kayhan Life Staff
Nationwide nighttime chanting planned for January 8–9, 2026, at 8:00 p.m.
On Tuesday evening, January 5, 2026, Prince Reza Pahlavi issued his first public call to action in response to a renewed...
Trump Signals Support for Reza Pahlavi if Iranians Accept His Leadership
By Kayhan Life Staff
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran's clerical state could collapse, in an interview with Reuters at the White House on Jan. 15, reiterating that he supported Iranians who had taken to...
Iran Officials Probe Killing of Student Which Sparked Protests
DUBAI, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have ordered an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a university student during a robbery, state media reported on Saturday, as the incident sparked protests at Tehran University.
Facing public...
ANALYSIS: Trade Unions Pose Major Challenge to the Islamic Republic
By Roshanak Astaraki
Nationwide protests by trade unions and striking oil workers on fixed-term contracts have significantly grown since they started a few months ago. They have now spread to all segments of Iranian society.
The...
Iran Custody Death Should Be Impartially Investigated-UN Rights Office
Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Acting U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an impartial probe into the death of a woman in police custody in Iran who fell into a coma after being arrested by...
