Young people across Iran have been leading a dramatic change in social mores in recent months. “We have a fearless young ...

When Paniz Faryoussefi mounts the podium and reaches for her baton, she represents more than just the hope of a thrilling orchestral performance. The eyes turned towards her in Tehran's renowned ...

Three years ago, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman named Mahsa Jina Amini was fatally beaten by Iran’s morality police. She’d been arrested for not following the Islamic Republic’s dress code. Her death ...

Facial recognition systems identify women flouting hijab law Technology also used to target protesters, dissidents Activists fear more arrests, abuses after death of Mahsa Amini Sept 21 (Thomson ...

Oppressive policies toward women in the Middle East must be combatted, scholars, leaders and activists said at a panel on women’s rights in Iran on Dec. 5. Iran currently ranks in the bottom third ...

Comments about Islamic dress codes made by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, earlier this week have been seized by hardliners in the Middle Eastern country as a green light to launch a crackdown on ...

Jackie Northam is NPR's International Affairs Correspondent. She is a veteran journalist who has spent three decades reporting on conflict, geopolitics, and life across the globe - from the mountains ...

A s the incredible story of the author, activist and Bazaar contributing editor Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been brought to ...

Paniz Faryoussefi was this month the first woman to conduct the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, leading the ensemble over two days of performances of Schubert, Sibelius and Kachaturian In some Iranian ...