As Radio Zamaneh reported, the head of Iran’s Volleyball Federation says women should not be barred from watching volleyball games in stadiums, adding that such actions reflect negatively on the country. Mammoud Afshardoost pointed out to ILNA that female employees of the federation have been permitted to enter the stadium. On Sunday June 15, […]
Tag: Women’s Rights
Iranian women barred from volleyball game
As Radio Zamaneh reported, Iranian women were prohibited from entering the stadium to watch a volleyball game between Iran and Brazil. Bank Varzesh website reports that a group of about 60 Iranian women who had arrived at the stadium were denied entrance, while Brazilian women were allowed to enter. The two teams met on […]
Female Musicians Banned from Stage in Isfahan
According to a report y Radio Zamabeh, female musicians are not allowed to go onstage and give live performances in Isfahan. Mohammad Qotbi, the head of the Isfahan Culture and Guidance administration and also a member of the clergy, compared music bands to the national football team, saying that just as there are substitutes […]
Rohani Speaks Up For Women’s Rights
Iranian President Hasan Rohani has admitted women in his country still face “gender injustice.” In a speech on April 20 at the National Forum on Women Shaping Economy and Culture to mark Iran’s “Women’s Day,” “There are still women who are suffering from and even afraid of men’s unjust behavior and this era must […]
Maryam Shafipour transferred to the hospital
Maryam Sahfipour has been transferred from Evin prison’s Ward 209 to a hospital. According to news obtained by AdvarNews, yesterday the interrogator in charge of this student activist’s court file had given her family permission to have visitation today. When her family went to Evin prison in the morning to have a visitation with […]
Senior Taliban member writes letter to Malala Yousafzai
A letter from senior member of the Taliban Adnan Rasheed has been sent to Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who was shot in the head last year by gunmen in Pakistan. Rasheed explains in the letter that he first heard about Malala while incarcerated in Bannu prison for his role in the 2003 assassination attempt […]
Iran Today: A New Movement for Women’s Rights?
Following meetings with former President Hashemi Rafsanjani — a key backer of President-elect Hassan Rouhani — the conservative Zeinab Society has announced plans for a new movement for women’s rights. The Zeinab Society’s Secretary Azam Haji Abbasi said, “With the consideration of [Rafsanjani’s] guidance, we concluded that the precursor for the greater activity of […]