Global leaders will vote tomorrow on ousting Iran from the United Nations’ top women’s rights body. Although it consistently has one of the lowest gender equality scores globally, Iran started its four-year term on the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in March.
Tensions remain high in Iran following last week’s protestor execution. “This is a huge escalation,” Reza* with Global Catalytic Ministries says.
Iran’s Attorney General says the country will review its mandatory hijab law. He also said the infamous morality police had been abolished, though the state media contradicted that statement.
The U.S. soccer team defeated Iran 1-0 on Tuesday, advancing to the knockout stage of the World Cup. But a shadow hangs over the games, held in the small Middle Eastern country of Qatar.
The protests in Iran have captured headlines since September. But the increasing persecution of Iranian Christians has gone largely unnoticed.
Iraq and Lebanon: two countries headed down a chaotic path. Both governments struggle to function and pass legislation. Political parties tied to ethnic and religious groups vie for control. In both countries, Iran-backed militias hold more power than the military.
After walking 37 nights in the mountains of Greece, a Kurdish refugee’s feet had swollen so much that they no longer fit in her shoes. She also had a skin infection, as did one of her children.
A cholera outbreak in Lebanon is hitting Syrian refugees the hardest, with hundreds of cases reported in the camps.
From the streets of Iran to the United States voting booth, there’s an unseen war underway for women’s hearts and loyalty. It’s like the beginning of our human story when Satan targeted Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Security forces in Iran fired on protestors from rooftops during the latest crackdown, killing 10.
The average age of protestors arrested in Iran is just 15.
Iran will hold public trials for over 1,000 people involved in the nationwide protests.
