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 ...

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

Mehdi Yarrahi, a popular Iranian musician, was arrested in a 2023 crackdown after releasing a song that praised women who ...

The 2022 protests hark to March 8, 1979, when Iranian women cowed clerics, writes Nobel winner Narges Mohammadi.

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

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 ...

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 ...

An Iranian-Kurdish woman, Amini, 22, had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic republic's strict dress rules for women. The protests shook Iranian authorities and remain a rallying ...