Tag Archives: Women’s Day
Featured, General, Human Rights March 11, 2010

Video: Hillary Clinton’s message to Iranian women

Hillary Clinton Addresses Iranian Women:

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Arts and Culture, Featured, General March 11, 2010

Working Class and Female in Iran

(A Street Journalist) | March 8, 2010 by Setareh Sabety To mark international women’s day I decided I should write about three Iranian women whom I came to know well when living in Iran just before Ahmadinejad’s first term. The three of them worked for me as housekeepers/babysitters and my knowledge of their lives is [...]

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Featured, General March 9, 2010

Zahra Rahnavard condemns discriminatory laws against women

(Radio Zamaaneh) | March 6, 2010 Zahra Rahnavard issued a statement today, condemning “backward” laws that discriminate against women in the Islamic Republic. In her statement, which was published today at the threshold of the International Women’s Day, in the Kalemeh website connected with the opposition leader MirHosein Mousavi, she declared that the “family protection” [...]

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Featured January 13, 2012

Feature: Instagrams from Iran (picture compilation)

A few pictures from Iran, taken by ordinary people and posted to Instagram

Featured December 28, 2011

Iran Feature: Former Detainee Sarah Shourd “The Plight of Iranians and 3 Decades of US Foreign Policy”

The incredible thing for me was that so many Iranians worldwide took the time to care about us despite the thousands of other political prisoners they have to worry about. “I’m an Iranian boy ashamed for what our government did to three American hikers,” another message on Facebook says. “I want you to know Iranian people are with you and against their own government. Iran’s regime is not chosen by Iranian people. They kill and torture us and we are all in a very big prison named Iran.”

Featured December 14, 2011

Iran Feature: The Supreme Leader Is Worried — Three Developments You Probably Don’t Know

Our partner, EAWorldView, has published a ground-breaking piece on Iran’s Supreme Leader. This is a must-read.

Exclusive December 10, 2011

Live-blog: Russia, what’s next?

Exclusive November 28, 2011

Live-blog: Egypt Elections, Day 1

A historic day: The first post-Mubarak elections in Egypt

Featured November 24, 2011

Journalist Mona Eltahawy’s harrowing ordeal – beating, sexual assault and arrest in Egypt – in her own words and tweets

“The past 12 hrs were painful and surreal but I know I got off much much easier than so many other Egyptians.”