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Allowing women into the football stadium; “A cynical public stunt” Written by  Mahmoud Hakamian  on  10 October 2019 . The heartbreaking death of  Sahar Khodayari  dubbed as Blue Girl, who self-immolated after facing a six-month jail term for attending a soccer match, was the latest incident highlighting the tragic plight of Iranian women in Iran under the rule of the misogynous theocracy. Sahar’s death created a firestorm, compelling the mullahs to temporarily backtrack. Facing tremendous outside pressure, even being thrown out of FIFA, the Iranian regime finally caved in and allowed a limited number of women into Tehran’s Azadi Stadium to watch the match between Iran and Cambodia. Fearful of the consequences of women’s presence in the stadium, however, officials limited the number of tickets sold to women.  Only four sections of the stadium, totaling around 3,500 seats, were allocated to women. Azadi Stadium has a capacity of around 78,000 sea...

European Parliament Strongly Condemns Crackdown on Women in Iran Written by  Mahmoud Hakamian  on  20 September 2019 . The European Parliament on Thursday, September 19, 2019, adopted a  resolution  condemning Iran’s regime for violations of women’s rights in Iran. The resolution was adopted by 608 votes in favor, 7 against and 46 abstentions. The European Parliament resolution “condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing repression of women for objecting to compulsory veiling and for exercising their rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly; calls on the Iranian Government to respect the freedom of Iranian women to choose their own dress code.” The resolution called on the Iranian authorities to  unconditionally release  all  women’s rights defenders  who have been arbitrarily jailed for protesting against the hijab being mandatory, and other imprisoned  human rights defenders  s...

Women Entering Stadiums Opposed By Attorney-General In Iran Aug 10, 2019_  With the World Federation of Football Federation ( FIFA )   setting a deadline   for Iranian women entering the stadiums to watch football matches in Iran, this issue has again become a trending topic of the day. However, the Attorney-General and the religious authorities of the mullahs’ regime continue to oppose the subject. Attorney-General of Iran, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri opposed the topic of women entering sports stadiums and said, “Do you think this a simple matter when FIFA officially announced that if women are not allowed to enter the stadiums they will ban Iran from attending international matches? That is not an easy thing to say. What business is it of FIFA for a country where 10, 500, 1000, or 5000 spectators go to watch football that a number of them have to be women?” The Attorney-General added, “Do they feel sorry for women when they are pining for women to be allowe...

Women’s Rights And Labor Activists In The Clerical Regime’s Jails Aug 9, 2019 -  Two women’s rights activists,   Maryam Mohammadi, and Esrin Derkaleh , have been moved from the Intelligence Ministry Ward 209 in Evin Prison to the Women’s Ward. The two women’s rights activists had been active in the field of women’s empowerment and women’s literacy. They spoke on the International Women’s Day to a gathering held by the Voice of Iranian Women’s Association (Neda-ye-Zanan-e Iran) and talked about women as being the main driving force in the protests and also about 40 years of women’s movement in Iran. In another development, Nasrin Javadi who had been arrested on May 1 st  demonstrations in Tehran was summoned to the 26 th  Branch of Tehran’s Court on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. The court accused her of disrupting public order and of association and collusion against national security, as well as of propaganda against the state. Simultaneous with the first he...