Iranian women

Iranian singer Anita Papist sentenced to 74 lashes for ‘offending public decency’ by singing

Papist, who posts videos of herself online singing in both English and Persian without a head covering, confirmed that her passport was confiscated and her mobile phone blocked.

Iranian singer Anita Papist seen singing in a social media video posted on July 18, 2026.
An Iranian woman walks past a piece of street art in Tehran on June 3, 2026.

Iran reports three femicide cases in one week amid domestic violence study

 An Iranian woman walks on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Women seemingly forced to sell hair to survive in Iran, following Armenian smuggling attempt

Kosar Eftekhari, an Iranian student blinded by the Iranian police in Iran, participates in a rally against a death sentence given to Toomaj Salehi, a popular Iranian rapper after he was accused of singing pro-women led protests in Berlin, Germany on Sunday, April 28, 2024.

Islamic regime’s extremism being imported to Europe, Kosar Eftekhari warns ‘Post’


Iran slams opposition abroad for 'profiting' off of Mahsa Amini protests

Mass protests rocked Iran last fall and continued into January as a result of the killing of the young Kurdish girl by the Iranian regime.

A newspaper with a cover picture of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by Iranian morality police is seen in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2022.

'Gender apartheid': UN slams Iran's modesty laws, one year to Amini's killing

The UN said that this is "gender discrimination designed to bring the women of Iran into complete submission."

 A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini in Tehran on September 19, 2022.

Iranian chess player who removed hijab gets Spanish citizenship

The 26-year-old has told Reuters she had no regrets over her gesture in support of the protest movement against her country's clerical leadership.

Sara Khadem of Iran plays against Olga Girya of Russia.

What Iran doubling down on hijab enforcement means - analysis

Iranian media has relaunched attacks against the family of murdered Mahsa Jina Amini, who was killed for not wearing the hijab.

 Iranian Americans rally outside the White House on September 24, 2022, in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Repression by the morality police: Iran’s ethnic minority ‘taming’ policy - opinion

As South Azerbaijani dissident Babek Chalabi noted, the world needs to "break free from Iran's nurturing of terrorism."

 IRANIAN POLICE officers patrol a street amid the revival of the morality police in Tehran, this week.

Woman in Iran dies jumping out of moving taxi's car window - report

After discovering the Iranian taxi's doors were locked, the woman climbed into the front passenger seat and jumped out of the window of the moving taxi. The taxi continued driving afterwards.

Iran's riot police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

Iran's anti-government protests renew after three executed - report

At least seven Iranians who took part in the protests last year have been executed by Iranian authorities.

 A man gestures during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022.

Iran: Women's cars can be impounded if they're caught without hijab

AAIRA's Lawdan Bazargan told the Post that the "Islamic regime of Iran is a gender-apartheid regime that has no respect for women, human life, or human dignity."

 Iran's riot police forces stand on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023

Iran shutters hundreds of business in hijab crackdown

After months of protests, Iranian police announced that they were amending how they enforce hijab regulations.

 Iranian women walk on a street amid the implementation of the new hijab surveillance in Tehran, Iran, April 15, 2023.

Chemical attacks on Iranian schoolgirls resume

Poison gas attacks on schoolgirls in Iran have shocked the world for months, from the first reports in November, at the height of the protests against the regime.

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.