How women view marriage has been complicated by a change in social attitudes and a lack of consensus as to what women’s responsibilities are, and to what the terms ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ mean when applied to their role in society and in the family.
Category: Sufi news
Iranian Lawmakers Consider Retaliation For Sanctions
Iranian lawmakers have drafted an emergency bill calling on the Foreign Ministry to expel the British ambassador to Tehran after Britain joined other Western powers to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over that country’s disputed nuclear program.
Mohammad Tavassoli Under Pressure for Forging Letter to Khatami
Since his 3 November arrest, 74-year-old Mohammad Tavassoli, Political Secretary of Iran’s Freedom Movement, has been in prison without any communication with his family.
Protester wounded in 2009 demonstrations dies from wounds
GVF — Another Green Movement protester wounded during the protests that erupted following the country’s 2009 presidential election has passed away in Boston, Massachusetts following a stroke.
Egypt: Protest Swells in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Thousands of Egyptians are pushing into Cairo’s Tahrir Square for what protest organizers are calling a “million man march.” Demonstrators have been demanding that the country’s military rulers cede power to a civilian authority.
The latest situation of the rights abuses of Gonabadi Dervishes :16 Dervishes in prison
From Shahrivar,11,1390 ( September,2, 2011) of this year an unprecedented wave of pressure have been began on the Gonabadi Dervishes and so far the process is going on .
Heaven is a feeling not a place: The Persian Garden story
Eram garden in ShirazNo one can inspire humans with hope like Mother Nature and nowhere can she playfully display the greater extent of her will than in the garden of human mind.
Brother of slain protester Kianoush Asa detained
GVF — The brother of Kianoush Asa, one of the protesters slain during the clampdown on anti-government protesters in 2009, has been detained.
UN Resolution Condemns Rights Abuses In Iran
The UN General Assembly’s rights committee has passed a resolution condemning human rights abuses in Iran.
Appeals Court Upheld Heavy Prison Terms for Labor Activists in Tabriz
The Appeals Court has upheld heavy prison sentences issued for four leftist labor activists from Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province.