The funerals of elementary school students are a reminder that women and girls are often among the first to bear the burden of political violence.

From Afghanistan, Iraq and now Iran, the symbol of the veiled, ‘oppressed’ Muslim woman is strategically deployed when it ...

For many young Iranians, Islam no longer represents spiritual meaning. It represents repression. It represents intolerance. It represents the loss of freedom — freedom of conscience, freedom of ...

Under Islamic rules, Iranian women have been subjugated and suppressed for more than 47 years since the satanic Ayatollah ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei seen on the backdrop of the pre-revolution flag of Iran (illustrative) (photo credit ...

For nearly 40 years up until 1979, the country had been ruled by the pro-Western Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. During his ...

On International Women’s Day 1979, Iranian women protested Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s compulsory hijab and new dress codes ...

The broadcast by Iranian state-controlled television of interviews with several women not wearing the Muslim headscarf during ...

Much of the Western world may wonder what life is like in a theocratic state where the religious leaders run the country.

The successors of Vashti, the brave Persian woman in the Purim story, are key to the future, writes a musicologist who recently unearthed her family's story.