Category: Opression of Women
Top cleric says women can’t be judges because they lack resolve!!
In answer to why women could not become judges [according to the laws of the Islamic Republic] Hojatol Islam val Moslemin Qeraati said, “God has created women for the upbringing of [children] and upbringing needs great kindness, compassion and love which has been entrusted to women. These feelings and love are dangerous for judgment because [...]
Majlis says women should stay in the house
The Research Center of the Majlis examined the policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding the employment of women and the reverence of housekeeping in a lengthy report… According to reports, the Cultural Observations Office of this center said in its report, “What has to be encouraged and supported by the government and lawmakers [...]
Top cleric says housekeeping most important work for women
Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani said in a meeting with a group of women who were participating in the Hijab and Chastity Congress of held by Iran’s Red Crescent stressed that changing the Islamic culture of housekeeping was one of the most dangerous deviations and said, “No service is greater than and more valuable for women than [...]
In the Islamic Republic, Women’s main duty is housework, child rearing and taking care of husbands
A University professor and Family Specialist believes that the officials of an Islamic society have to establish a special work system for women so that their main duties are not disrupted. Hamid Ahmadi cited the statements of the Supreme Leader about the conditions of women’s employment in the society and said, “It has been stressed [...]
Iranian regime to establish ‘Islamic’ dress for professional women
The Secretary of the Women and Family Affairs Office of the Ministry of Interior said that the initial phase of the Plan for the Fashion and Dress of Working Women in Tehran had been carried out. “In this plan, we are not looking to coordinate or make uniforms for working women”, she said. “In the [...]
20 percent of the homeless in Tehran are women
Reza Jagiri, the Social Deputy of the Welfare and Social Participation Organization stressed that carton sleepers [homeless people who sleep in carton boxes on the streets] will be gathered from the city. “An average of 100 carton sleepers are rounded up from the city everyday”, he said. “Fifteen to 20 percent of the homeless [in [...]
Five women suspiciously die in Varamin Prison
According to reports, in the past two nights, five women suspiciously died in the Qarchak Prison in Varamin. This prison is used to detain female prisoners in Tehran. During the nights of January 5 and 6, five prisoners suspiciously died in cellblock 4 and 5 in Qarchak Prison. These women’s physical condition deteriorated during the [...]
More than 800,000 children married in Iran
The latest statistics on the marriage of Iranian children shows that under-aged girls are married more than under-aged boys. [According to statistics] 24,506 married girls under the age of 14 and 5,519 boys married between the ages of 10 to 14, shows that more girls marry older men… There are 848,000 married children between the [...]
Iranian women banned from kick boxing in Iran
According to new orders, from now on women are banned from participating in all kinds of sport competitions that are held in rings including kick boxing and Muay Thai and federations who cover these sports have to pay close attention to this issue. Marzieh Akbar Abadi, the Women’s Sports Assistant in the Ministry of Sports [...]
Iran ‘stoning woman’ may be hanged: report
A woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran for adultery may be hanged instead, a justice official was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency on Sunday. The woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, ‘has two sentences, one regarding adultery for which she was sentenced to stoning, and the other for being an accomplice to [...]
5 girls under 10 years of age married in southern Iranian province
The head of the General Department for Registration of Documents said that five girls under 10 year of age were married in the Province of Hormozgan. “Five instances of the marriages of girls who were under 10 years of age occurred in the province. Three of them occurred in the town of Minab, one in [...]
Clerics encourages animosity towards so-called ‘improperly veiled’ women
Ayatollah Javadi Amoli said that if someone was not wearing the veil [or was not properly covered] she will [change her appearance] if other women look at her with hate and resentment and that this ‘glare’ was obligatory. “It is not true that if someone is indifferent towards those who do not have proper covering, [...]
Iranian women banned from labor market
http://www.ilna.ir/newsText.aspx?ID=225254 A social expert and Tehran University professor, Dr. Mohammad Hossein Farjad, cited the increase of the unemployment rate among Iranian women in an interview with ILNA [state-run news agency] and said, “Despite the fact that the level of Iranian women’s education has remarkably increased in comparison to past years, currently we see that the [...]
SSF commander: agents will deal with women wearing ‘unconventional clothing and boots’
The head of the State Security Forces Moral Police said, “The police will deal with those who wear boots and appear [on the street] with unconventional clothes”. “Wearing boots has never been banned and many women who wear boots have proper veiling and therefore wearing boots with certain clothes has been banned and after giving [...]
Women banned from working as secretaries in Bushehr offices
The Bushehr Governor cited the ban on the use of female secretaries for [company] managers and said, “The plan for gender segregation for office employees in Bushehr will be carried out”… “Promoting virtue and prohibiting vice is a public duty and because everyone does not carry out this duty well enough, this issue has become [...]
Iran bans skiing for women without legal chaperons
Women have been banned from entering skiing ramps alone. This is a new order from State Security Forces which even includes women over 18. In this rule, all women need to have a ‘guardian’ and are banned from entering ski grounds. With the start of the skiing season, security forces stationed in ski grounds around [...]
Iranian Cleric Mohsen Ghara’ati Blames Women Opposing Polygamy
HRANA News Agency – In his weekly televised lessons aired on IRIB Channel 1, Iranian cleric Mohsen Ghara’ati blamed women for opposing polygamy and standing in the way of their husbands who wish to get a second wife. Hojat-ol-Islam Mohsen Ghara’ati is the head of the Center for the Promotion of Prayers and a Muslim scholar [...]
15 female students banned from mid-term registration at university for not participating in mandatory ‘chastity’ session
After Hossein Saleh Nejad, the former head of the Science and Industrial University Bassij Department was appointed as the head of the School of Architecture at this university, a wave of insulting treatments of students started at this university. In his latest measure, this university official, who has close ties to security forces, banned 15 [...]
Three Years of Imprisonment for Women’s Rights Activist Maryam Ghorbanifar
The 3 year imprisonment sentence of Maryam Ghorbanifar has been served to her lawyer. According to the Human Rights House of Iran, she has been senteneced for acting agianst national security, gathering and conspiracy agianst the regime. She was arrested in February and was held in solitary confinement until she was released on bail after [...]
Three Girls Under 10 Married in Azerbaijan
HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Javan, the Director of Civil Resgistry in West Azerbaijan Province, has reported that marriages of three girls under the age of 10 have been recorded in this province since the beginning of the current [Persian] year. According to a report by Sirwan Weekly Publication, Mohammad Javan also announced that amongst [...]