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…
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Women’s rights activists tell Rohani what they want
A group of prominent Iranian women’s rights activists and intellectuals have outlined some of their main demands for Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rohani,…
Rafsanjani disqualification from vote seen hindering Iranian women’s rights
The disqualification of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from Iran’s presidential race has disappointed some women’s rights activists who were looking to the moderate…