Huge security presence and sporadic protests mark International Women’s Day in Iran.
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Reuters: Cheerleaders cover up for Iran vs United States
Reuters | September 1, 2010 By Alexandra Hudson Istanbul (Reuters) – Cheerleaders donned black leggings and white T-shirts for a World Championship basketball match between Iran and the United States in Istanbul on Wednesday to respect cultural sensitivities. Some Iranian officials still left the arena shortly before their routine began, however. At previous matches officials [...]
AFP: EU urges Iran to halt woman’s stoning execution
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton urged Iran on Tuesday to stop the execution of three people including a woman who faces death by stoning for adultery.
Radio Zamaneh: Rahnavard call for end to discrimination against women in Islamic Republic
Radio Zamaneh | June 20, 2010 Zahra Rahnavard marked the anniversary of the death of Neda Agha-Soltan by issuing a statement stressing that freedom and democracy cannot be achieved without “ending discrimination against women.” In her statement published in Kaleme website, she stressed that the Green Movement is indebted to the “resistance” of women who [...]
Iranian activist nominated for Student Peace Prize
(Radio Zamaaneh) | April 8, 2010 Bahareh Hedayat, Iranian student activist was nominated for the 2010 Student Peace Prize by the European Students’ Union, an umbrella organization of 45 national unions comprised of students from 35 different countries. European Students’ Union has announced that they are monitoring the situation of students in Iran and that [...]
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 [...]
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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