Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves ...

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves ...

Iranian musician Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes as part of his sentence a song supporing women's rights and opposes the ...

Sardar Pashaei, the coach of the Iranian national youth wrestling team, said his sister Leila Pashaei was arrested for ...

Prosecutors say figures in Tehran hired two men to kill Masih Alinejad, a journalist who had criticized Iran’s head scarf ...

I was trying to get into her life,” Khalid Mehdiyev said of targeting activist Masih Alinejad. “I was trying to get the easy way to kill her.” ...

Mehdi Yarrahi, a popular Iranian musician, was arrested in a 2023 crackdown after releasing a song that praised women who rejected the mandatory hijab rule. By Leily Nikounazar and Lynsey Chutel A ...

Women will overthrow the Islamic system established in Iran after the 1979 revolution even if the authorities survive a ...

Iranian officials have flogged a popular singer who posted a song online urging women to remove their mandatory headscarves over a conviction for possessing and consuming alcohol, his lawyer and ...

International Women's Day is being celebrated today in countries across the world. In Iran, marking the date can be ...

Women bear the brunt of economic pressures and social restrictions in Iran — yet they remain the driving force for change in the country. https://p.dw.com/p/4rVKa ...