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RFE/RL - "I politely [told] her to cover herself up," said Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti, an Iranian cleric in the city of Shamirzad in Semnan Province, describing a recent encounter with a woman he believed was improperly veiled.

PERSIAN2ENGLISH – September 4, 2012 marks two years of imprisonment for Nasrin Sotoudeh, prominent lawyer and human rights activist. She has not been given any days of furlough since her arrest and has been deprived of actual contact with her two young children. The courageous and resilient Nasrin is sentenced to six years in prison and banned from her profession for ten years.

 

The Australian - IRAN’S woeful deception and hypocrisy on women’s human rights is particularly prominent this week while Tehran hosts the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit to “eliminate international problems”, and assumes the NAM’s presidency for the next three years.

Freedom Messenger - Ms. Sarvnaz Chitsaz, chairwoman of the women’s committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), called to save the lives of Seddigheh Moradi and Kobra Banazadeh AmirKhizi, two women prisoners supporters of PMOI, who have been transferred to Gharechak Varamin prison.

Roozonline - Waves of Unhealthy Abortions Coming

The Huffington Post - During the women's Olympic gymnastic competition on July 29, Lynn and Rickey Raisman were proud to watch their daughter Aly compete in the arena. Their nervousness and joy in their daughter's achievements was a familiar scene for many parents, but it is only a dream for others around the world -- particularly in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Radio Zamaneh - With the announcement of university entrance exam results for the coming academic year in Iran, 36 universities have closed 77 fields of study to women.

Amnesty International - Women in Iran face widespread discrimination under the law. They are excluded from key areas of the state – although they can be appointed as assistant judges, they cannot, for example, head a court, nor stand for the Presidency. They do not have equal rights with men in marriage, divorce, child custody and inheritance. Criminal harm suffered by a woman is less severely punished than the same harm suffered by a man. Evidence given by women in court is held under Iranian law to be worth half that given by a man. Although the legal age for marriage is 13, fathers can apply for permission to arrange that their daughters are married at a younger age – and to men much older than their daughters. Men are allowed to practice polygamy, women are not. Men have an incontestable right in law to divorce their spouse. Women do not.