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Official statement by a group of Iranian women’s rights activists who participated in a Green gathering commemorating March 8th.
Source: Persian2English
March 8, 2010
The Feminist School – On the afternoon of March 7, 2010, a ceremony celebrating International Women’s Day took place in Tehran. [...]
By: Banafsheh Zand Bonazzi
Source: Alliance of Iranian Women
March 2010
In the late 1800’s Iranian women were the main force behind the constitutional movement and the subsequent revolution. The Qajar dynasty’s kings (1799 – 1925) sat idly by and allowed the intrusion of the British and Russian political and economic [...]
By Fereshteh Ghazi
Source: Rooz Online
March 10, 2010
In a gathering to mark the International Women’s Day, Iranian women’s rights activists called for the “eradication of discrimination against women in all laws, the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination, equal opportunities in politics and management, release [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 9, 2010
Simin Behbahani was prevented from leaving for France for International Women’s Day ceremonies.
RAHANA – “Paris municipality had invited me for March 8 and I had prepared a text about feminism and a poem about women which I was going to read at the ceremony and [...]
Source: The Green Voice of Freedom (GVF)
March 10, 2010
The physical condition of Evin prisoners Mahdieh Golroo, Pakhshan Azizi and Zahra Jabbari have been reported as dire.
According to this report, the lack of medical care in their ward has become very problematic, such that Kurdish prisoner Pakhshan Azizi has been suffering from jaw and gum infection [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 6, 2010
The 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court issued its verdicts for Khadijeh Moghaddam and her husband, Dr. Khosro-Shahi.
RAHANA – The 15th branch of the Revolutionary Court acquitted Khadijeh Moghaddam on 2 counts of propaganda activity against the regime and disobeying police order, but found her [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
March 6, 2010
Parisa Kakaee is a women’s and human rights activist and a member the Committee of Human Rights Reporters. She was arrested on November 3, 2009 and detained for a month and a half.
The following is an article written by Parisa Kakaee.
Mr. Interrogator! Please read it! [...]
By Pamela Philipose, Womens Feature Service
Source: News Blaze
March 2, 2010
Fatemeh Simin Motamed-Arya, 49, is one of Iran’s best-known and loved actresses. Starting with theatre, she quickly adapted to Iran’s vibrant cinema scene and today has over 40 films to her credit. But what’s even more interesting about Motamed-Arya is her political activism. She is an [...]
By Benjamin Joffe-Walt
Source: The Media Line
March 7, 2010
International Women’s Rights Day campaign launched two months after beatings of the ‘Mourning Mothers’
Iranian women’s activists have launched a campaign for gender equality to mark International Women’s Rights Day.
The campaign, Call for Solidarity: Freedom and Gender Equality in Iran, targets gender-based discrimination against women and what campaigners describe [...]
Source: Reporters and Human Rights Activists of Iran (RAHANA)
3 March , 2010
Mahboobeh Karami, a member of the 1 Million Signatures Campain, was arrested at her home last night.
RAHANA – Mahboobeh Karami was arrested last night at her home by intelligence agents who had a warrant for her arrest. The agents also seized a number of [...]
