Women are at the forefront of a grassroots democratic movement in Iran, leading campaigns that directly challenge both the ...

(CNN) -- Like thousands of other Iranian women, Parisa took to Tehran's streets ... She marched on the streets during the 1979 revolution because she believed in greater freedoms for her people ...

I read a beautiful novel set primarily in Iran prior to the Islamic Revolution. Through the friendship of Ellie and Homa, The Lion Women of Tehran explores social class, politics, womanhood, fortune — ...

Bettmann Archive/Getty Images The roots of resistance by Iranian women date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly during the Constitutional Revolution. After the 1979 ...