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Motorcycle Training Session For Women In Iran
Iran
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Iran formally allows women to ride motorcycles

Iran has formally allowed women to obtain motorcycle licences, ending years of legal ambiguity that penalised female riders despite their long experience.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 February, 2026
Iran-State Event, Kneel Before Iranians
Iran
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Iran judiciary calls for tougher stance on 'social anomalies'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 November, 2025
How Western feminists liberate Iranian women, one bomb at a time
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How Western feminism liberates Iranian women, one bomb at a time

Nadeine Asbali

Nadeine Asbali

24 June, 2025
Iran resorts to digital surveillance and vigilantism to control hijab laws [Getty]
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Iran uses surveillance and informants to crash dissent, UN warns

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 March, 2025
The new law comes as Iran faced protests in part fuelled by forcing women to wear the hijab
Iran
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Iran lawmakers request changes to strict hijab bill: media

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 December, 2024
Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper, on a sign
Iran
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Iran rapper Toomaj Salehi released after serving jail term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 December, 2024
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theatre
Film, TV & Music
Culture
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Wish You Were Here play: Navigating love, loss & revolution

The New Arab Staff

Lydia Doye

22 November, 2024
Basij special paramilitary personnel are standing guard beside their motorcycles during a military rally in downtown Tehran, Iran
Iran
MENA
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Iran arrests student who stripped to underwear in protest

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 November, 2024
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Interview
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Culture
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Niloufar Taghizadeh on filming life of Iranian pop icon Googoosh

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Hadani Ditmars

22 October, 2024
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Book review
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Saffron, love and sisterhood in The Lion Women of Tehran

Fehmida Zakeer

Fehmida Zakeer

02 October, 2024
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Mahsa Amini
MENA
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Mahsa Amini: Iran president says police won't 'bother' women

The New Arab Staff
17 September, 2024
Mahsa Amini
Iran
MENA
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Iran upping repression of women 2 years after Amini's death

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 September, 2024
iran executions getty
Iran
MENA
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Despite a new 'moderate' president, Iran's execution surge

A correspondent in Iran
06 September, 2024
Iran
MENA
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Iran charges filmmaker, actress daughter over veil

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2024
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Film, TV & Music
Culture
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig reveals dark side of Iranian politics

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

23 August, 2024
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Iran Nobel winner hurt in prison clashes with guards: family

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 August, 2024
The head of the MEK group called on countries to take action against the "bloodthirsty" authorities of Tehran, after they executed two members of the group [Getty]
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Iran's morality police violently arrest two girls without hijabs

The New Arab Staff
08 August, 2024
Narges Mohammadi, Human Rights Activist
Iran
MENA
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Imprisoned Iranian Nobel winner's health deteriorating

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 August, 2024
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Film Review
Interviews
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Filmmaker Noora Niasari's bold take on domestic violence in Iran

Mariana Hristova

Mariana Hristova

26 July, 2024
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Paris Olympics 2024
Society
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Who are the MENA/SWANA women competing at the Paris Olympics?

The New Arab Staff

Shahla Omar

24 July, 2024
Iran
MENA
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Iran sentences woman labour activist to death: rights group

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 July, 2024