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Iranwire – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of dozens of women journalists who are spending International Women’s Day behind bars throughout the world. With 12 of them currently in Iranian custody, the country is the world’s second biggest jailer of women journalists after China, according to the Paris-based media freedom watchdog. Of the 550 …

Iranwire – Feminists For Jina, a network of activists and collectives united to support the feminist aspirations of the ongoing women-led protests in Iran, held a press conference in London ahead of International Women’s Day. At the March 7 event, feminist activists, artists and scholars described the “Woman, Life, Freedom” protest movement as a feminist revolution in the making that has …

Iranwire – A group of activists combating the phenomenon of femicide in Iran says it has documented 191 documented cases in 2022, equivalent to approximately one killing every other day, but the actual number is likely to be higher due to underreporting by family members and the authorities. In its annual report, published on March 8, StopFemicideIran (SFI), an initiative of the …

Iranwire – Hamed Esmaeilion says he has resigned as president and spokesperson for the Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims to dedicate himself to the “revolution” taking place in Iran. The association has been fighting for truth and justice for the victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane shot down over Tehran more than three years ago. Esmaeilion has emerged …

Iranwire – Prominent Iranian political figure Zahra Rahnavard has harshly criticized the country’s clerical rulers over a wave of poisonings at girls’ schools, which she called “the ugliest and most tragic anti-woman scenario.” Rahnavard is a university professor married to opposition figure Mir Hossein Musavi. In a statement released on the eve of International Women’s Day, she said the poisoning …