On a recent evening in the north of Iran’s capital of Tehran, a young woman with long hair fashioned into a high ponytail hopped onto a motorcycle behind a male companion. Not far away, two other young women smoked cigarettes together on a sidewalk, one ...

Over the past 50 years, Iran has been shaken by a series of protests. They began with the demonstrations that led to the founding of the Islamic Republic and continue to now, as protests sparked by the collapse of the Iranian rial have seen unrest.

Authorities in Iran have long been fighting a battle with women who refuse to wear the hijab or headscarf, often arresting and, in some cases, killing them for disobeying the religious edict. Now the regime is trying something new - targeting businesses ...

(ATTA KENARE/AFP/AFP) When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran's empty streets at night to avoid scrutiny over her clothing or lack of a licence. Fifteen years on, Ghelich ...

Thousands of Iranians protested across the country on Thursday evening in one of the biggest challenges to Islamic Republic rule in decades.

Iranian journalist Zeinab Rahimi has refused to wear the mandatory hijab for over two years, despite the risk of arrest and imprisonment. She is among a growing number of women and girls who have stopped covering their head in public, in direct defiance of ...

A woman holding up a photo of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini at a protest in Istanbul against her death on Sept. 20, 2022. Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images Mahsa Jina Amini wasn’t looking to become a martyr: She was an ordinary Iranian-Kurdish 22-year ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main worry. She instead girded herself for disapproving looks ...