Iran: Young women's unemployment rate exceeds 47 per cent

The results of a survey of the work force done in summer 2016 indicates that the average unemployment rate for young ...

Iran: Bahaii women sentenced to jail, expelled from university

Yekta Fahandej Saadi was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the revision court...

Iran: Activist mothers commemorate loved ones, support hunger strikers

A ceremony to commemorate Shahram Farajzadeh was held on December 28, 2016, by activist mothers whose children ...

Iran: Women stage protest in Mashhad

A group of women staged an act of protest on Thursday, December 29, 2016, in Mashhad...

Iran: Fate of imprisoned girl to be decided in mid-January

Manijeh Fatehi's trial will be held on January 17, 2017, at the Revolutionary Court of Mahabad, Iranian Kurdistan...

Iran: Young Kurdish women commit suicide

A young woman, 19, hanged herself in a northern district in the Kurdish city of Saqqez, western Iran. The suicide took place on ...

Iran: 533 girls were married under 14 years of age in Isfahan

533 girls were married under 14 years of age including 5 who were under 10 years, in the 8-month period between March ...