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Iranwire – Demonstrators returned to the streets across Iran on International Women’s Day amid nearly six months of nationwide protests against a clerical establishment that have deprived women of their most basic rights. The protesters demanded more freedoms and women’s rights and voiced anger and frustration about the authorities’ belated response to the poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls since the end …

Iranwire – Global freedoms declined for a 17th consecutive year in 2022, but ongoing protests against repression in Iran and other authoritarian countries show that people’s desire for freedom is enduring and that no setback should be regarded as permanent, a US human rights watchdog says. “Recent events in Iran are another reminder that millions of people are willing to …

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has urged women to take to the streets across the country on International Women’s Day to demand their basic rights be respected, amid more than five months of nationwide protests demanding fundamental economic, social and political reforms. “On Women’s Day, conquer the street with female symbols,” Mohammadi said in a message on March 8 from Tehran’s …

VOA – The U.S. State Department Wednesday honored women and girls who have led protests in Iran as it gave out its International Women of Courage awards. In addition to 11 individuals honored at the White House ceremony, this year the State Department announced a new group award named after former Secretary of State Madeline Albright. “In every region, there …

Al-Monitor — British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced a new package of sanctions against human rights violators Wednesday, targeting those who harm women and girls in Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries.  The Iranian entity sanctioned by the British government is the Headquarters for Enjoining Right and Forbidding Evil in Iran, a special government apparatus tasked to enforce “morality standards”. Its chief Seyyed …