News & Views Protests in Iran turn violent as another young woman is killed by security forces Another woman defying Iran’s mandatory hijab-wearing laws has reportedly been killed by the Islamic Republic’s security forces.
News & Views Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released from Iranian prison after 804 days Iran has freed Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian academic who has been detained in the country for more than two years.
News & Views Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert moved to notorious prison in desert Iran Kylie Moore-Gilbert, an Australian academic serving a 10-year prison sentence in Iran for espionage, has been transferred to one of the worst women’s prisons in the world.
News & Views It’s been one year since Yasaman Aryani was jailed in Iran for taking off her headscarf. Here’s what you need to know This time last year, on International Women’s Day, Yasaman Aryani and her mum took off their headscarves and walked through a women-only train carriage in Tehran, handing out white flowers.
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News & Views Yasaman Aryani took off her headscarf & was sentenced to 16 years in prison Yasaman Aryani wanted to make change and ended up being sentenced to 16 years in prison for campaigning against forced veiling.
News & Views A football stadium is the main frontier for women’s rights in Iran today Sahar Khodayari was arrested while entering Azadi Stadium to watch a game of football after her gender is revealed to stadium security guards.
