The whole of Iran was shaken by protests of unprecedented proportions. The catalyst for this wave of popular indignation was ...

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.

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 ...

Iranian authorities on Wednesday released actor Taraneh Alidoosti on bail after keeping her in jail for more than two weeks, CNN reported citing state-aligned ISNA. Last year, in December ...

In the meeting, Iran’s protest was filed with the British government against acts of sabotage against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s national security, the Foreign Ministry’s website reported.

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 ...

Iran’s judiciary has sentenced three men, including two 18-year-olds, for leading a violent protest on Sept. 21 in the northern city of Nowshahr. This is what we know about them so far ...

Last month, a young woman went to work at Sarzamineh Shadi, or Land of Happiness, an indoor amusement park east of Iran’s capital, Tehran. After a photo of her without a hijab circulated on ...

Iran's hanging of protesters — and display ... that managed to take root across the country during the months of protest may yet survive the security crackdown — not least because the ...

who told the magazine she was aware of multiple women who received citations for flouting hijab rules during protests days after the actual protest occurred. Iran’s theocratic government has ...

Iran's judiciary said Tuesday it will "firmly punish" women who violate strict dress rules, as the United Nations warned Tehran is trying to crush protests by weaponising the death penalty.