Before 1979, Iranian women wore miniskirts, earned advanced degrees, ran businesses, and lived lives that looked remarkably like their Western peers. Then came the Islamic Revolution—and everything ...

In the ongoing struggle for democracy in Iran, women have emerged as some of the most influential and unifying voices, championing secularism, equality and inclusive governance. Over the past 150 ...

Never in history have the women of a nation suffered so profound a reversal of their rights and status as the women of Iran did in 1979. Islamists and Marxists joined together to overthrow a secular, ...

Facing sanctions pressure and still reeling from war with Israel, Iran’s regime is tolerating women shunning hijabs, even as ...

One of many artworks in solidarity with Ahoo (Mahla) Daryaei, a doctoral student at Tehran’s Azad University who was arrested for stripping down to her underwear to protest Iran's Islamic dress code ...