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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

Iranian women

An Iranian student protests against harassment by stripping to her underwear outside her university in Tehran, November 2, 2024. (Video screenshot)
November 4, 2024, 4:03 am
Iranian authorities arrest female student who stripped to protest harassment
Woman walked outside campus in her underwear, reportedly after being pestered by members of the Basij paramilitary force for her clothing
By AFP
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian gestures as he speaks to reporters during his press conference in Tehran on September 16, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
September 16, 2024, 9:03 pm
Iran’s new president vows to ensure morality police don’t ‘bother’ women
Speaking on second anniversary of death of Mahsa Amini, Masoud Pezeshkian says controversial force ‘not supposed to confront’ women; also says Tehran does not want fight with US
By AFP and ToI Staff
US demonstrators carry a large photo of Mahsa Amini during a protest against the Iranian regime, in Los Angeles, on October 22, 2022, following the death of Amini in the custody of the Islamic Republic's notorious "morality police." (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
September 15, 2024, 8:34 pm
34 female prisoners hunger strike in Iran for anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi’s foundation says strike is ‘in solidarity with the protesting people of Iran, against the government’s oppressive policies’
By AFP
Iranian women without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, walk past a banner showing missiles being launched from Iranian map in northern Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
September 14, 2024, 1:52 pm
Some Iranian women take off hijabs as anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
Defiance comes despite what UN calls ‘expanded repressive measures, policies’ by theocracy; one says her ‘quasi-courage’ is due to Amini: ‘We have to protect this as an achievement’
By Jon Gambrell
Illustrative: Women walk on a market street in Tehran, Iran, on August 8, 2024. (AFP)
September 13, 2024, 9:08 pm
UN-appointed experts accuse Iran of stepping up repression of women
Independent fact-finding missions particularly concerned by ‘apparent new pattern’ of sentencing to death women activists who oppose hijab requirements
By AFP
File: Narges Mohammadi, the Iranian women's rights campaigner imprisoned by Iran who won the Nobel Peace Prize on October 6, 2023. (AFP/Narges Mohammadi Foundation)
May 18, 2024, 9:39 pm
Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi faces new trial, family says
Charged with ‘propaganda against the regime,’ activist calls for public trial in order to expose sexual assaults by authorities
By AFP
Nika Shakarami (Wikipedia; Original publication: Unknown/Immediate source: https://www.shethepeople.tv/news/teenager-killed-in-iran-protests)
May 2, 2024, 6:28 pm
Iran denies IRGC molested, killed teen protester during Mahsa Amini unrest
BBC report said this week that death of 16-year-old Nika Shakarami was covered up as a suicide after teen was killed by Iranian forces suppressing anti-regime protests
By AFP
Illustrative: People walk around the old main bazaar in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 23, 2024, 12:24 pm
Activists say Iran launched crackdown on dissent, unrest as Israel tensions spiraled
‘Morality police,’ whose presence diminished after last year’s mass protests following death of Mahsa Amini, reemerged just as Islamic Republic prepared to strike Israel
By Parisa Hafezi
Iranian-American artist Hooman Khalili posing in front of a mural he designed on the outside wall of the Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance depicting slain Iranian-Israeli soldier Shirel Pour Haim (L) and Mahsa Amini, the woman who sparked protests in Iran after being killed by the regime, January 30, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani / Times of Israel)
February 5, 2024, 4:45 pm
In Israel, Iranian artist unveils Oct. 7-themed mural honoring Persian-Jewish ties
Hooman Khalili is halfway through his mission of painting 18 public spaces to raise awareness of Iranian women’s oppression; new work highlights slain IDF soldier Shirel Haim Pour
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: Women share an umbrella as they stand at Enghelab Square in Iran's capital Tehran on December 5, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
January 7, 2024, 4:33 pm
Woman in Iran receives 74 lashings for not covering hair, ‘violating public morals’
33-year-old Roya Heshmati accused by Tehran’s judiciary of having ‘encouraged permissiveness’ after violating mandatory dress code in public
By AFP and AP
Ali, second right, and Kiana Rahmani, second left, attend the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 to their mother, imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi, shown on the screen, in Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway, December 10, 2023. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB via AP)
December 10, 2023, 6:53 pm
Children of imprisoned Iranian activist accept Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf
17-year-old twins Kiana and Ali Rahmani accept prize for mother Narges Mohammadi, who is imprisoned in Iran for campaigning for women’s rights and democracy
By JARI TANNER and James brooks
Iranian athletes compete at 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Thursday, September 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
November 28, 2023, 6:48 pm
Iranian sports official fired after foreign athlete competes in Tehran without hijab
Country’s Deaf Sports Federation chief insists event took place with no men present, says he doesn’t know how photo was uploaded online
By AFP
Iranian women shout slogans during a demonstration outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, Saturday, October 22, 2022. (AP/Emrah Gurel)
November 3, 2023, 2:01 pm
Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery, state media says
Woman can appeal sentence of death by stoning, which was handed down after husband says he saw her with another man at home
By AP
In this image from surveillance video aired by Iranian state television, women pull 16-year-old Armita Geravand from a train car on the Tehran Metro in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2023. (Iranian state television/ AP)
October 29, 2023, 11:57 pm
Human rights lawyer arrested after attending funeral of girl killed on Tehran Metro
Nasrin Sotoudeh detained following burial of Armita Geravanad, who was killed in incident some believe to be related to her lack of hair covering at the time
By AP
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani speaks during a press conference in the capital Tehran on October 3, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
October 5, 2023, 7:50 pm
Iran snaps back at West after criticism over Iranian teen injured on metro
US, UK and German comments anger Tehran, which accuses countries of ‘expressing insincere concern’ about 16-year-old Armita Garawand, said to be in critical condition
By AFP
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