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Originally published by TRUTHOUT There is much that the global feminist movement can learn from the current women’s struggle in Iran and their vision. By.  Frieda Afary ,  Published March 8, 2023 On International Women’s Day, the world is at a turning point. On the...

Twenty independent organizations and unions of Iranian teachers, workers, women, students and retirees have issued the following statement of minimum demands: February 14, 2023 To the Honorable and Open-Minded People of Iran: On the forty fourth anniversary of the...

Labor organizing is severely restricted in Iran but independent unions have actively backed demands for women’s rights. By Frieda Afary Originally published by TRUTHOUT January 19, 2023 January 16 marked the fourth month of a new uprising in Iran, which began with...

Originally published in truthout by Frieda Afary December 7th The women-led mass protests in Iran have now lasted for almost three months. Since September 16 — when protests began in Kurdistan and Tehran in response to the state police murder of Zhina Mahsa Amini for...

Below is my opinion piece published by Truthout on October 1, 2022 Protests Against Compulsory Hijab Sweep Iran, With Spotlight on Bodily Autonomy Frieda Afary October 1, 2022 Source:  Truthout The current popular protests in Iran against the compulsory hijab and...

The statement below was produced by a collective of Iranian feminists and signed by several hundred academics, intellectuals and activists outside Iran. On 16 September, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, was brutally murdered by the morality...