Afghan women asked us to relay their voice for help
With the abrupt decision by Biden to withdraw from Afghanistan, people of this country are shocked and heart-broken. After 20 years, Taliban is back and contrary to their claims...
He chose jail over disowning his sister — and set an example for all his countrymen
Opinion by Roya Hakakian Roya Hakakian is the author of the memoir “Journey From the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran.” Last fall, Iranian authorities...
Why Iran Fears Its Women
Masih Alinejad is spearheading a broader movement that both unifies and amplifies the disparate strains of dissent now percolating within Iran. by Ilan Berman In late...
One Woman’s Battle Against Mandatory Hijab
ALICE B. LLOYD A powerful woman, a protest movement, and the political interests impeding them. I mages of Iranian women standing on utility boxes and ripping off their mandatory...
White Wednesdays: A Movement Protesting Compulsory Hijab in Iran is Growing
by: Gretchen Mullen In mid-summer of 2017, a social media campaign called White Wednesdays began sharing through Facebook a coordinated effort among Iranians to protest the...