August 01, 2022

UN human rights experts urge Iran to abandon restrictive internet bill

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The High Commissioner for Human Rights United Nations  March 1, 2022 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/03/un-human-rights-experts...

Iran: Human Rights Groups Sound Alarm Against Draconian Internet Bill

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Joint Statement by 50+ Rights Groups Human Rights Watch  March 17, 2022 https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/03/17/iran-human-rights-groups-sound-a...

Bill Increasing Surveillance and Censorship of Internet Moves Forward in Iran

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Center for Human Rights in Iran  February 24, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/02/bill-increasing-surveillance-and-censorship-of-intern...

As the world focuses on Ukraine, Iran is on the verge of becoming an internet black hole

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The regime is about to pass a new law that would criminalise VPNs and stifle any remaining internet freedoms in the country By Raksha Kumar ...

Iran: Parliament moves to ratify central elements of oppressive Internet Bill

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Article 19 February 22, 2022 https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-parliament-ratifies-central-elements-of-oppressive-internet-bill/

Iran's Leaders Are Scared of the Internet

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They should be more scared of shutting it off. By Kourosh Ziabari Foreign Policy  June 6, 2022 https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/06/iran-int...

Iran's 'User Protection Bill' Shelved by MPs

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Iran Wire  February 23, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/technology/71355/

Iran's Parliament Adopts Bill To Further Restrict Internet

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Iran International February 22, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202202228591

Iranian bill aims to reinforce "digital wall" and online censorship

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Reporters Without Borders  September 24, 2020 https://rsf.org/en/iranian-bill-aims-reinforce-digital-wall-and-online-censorship

Iran's parliament moves forward with troubling bill to further restrict internet

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The Committee to Protect Journalists November 1, 2021 https://cpj.org/2021/11/iran-parliament-bill-restrict-internet/amp/

New "Protection" Bill on Internet Freedom

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By Mahsa Alimardani The Iran Primer  February 23, 2022 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2021/oct/14/internet-freedom-iran-and-new-protection...

Iran: Outrage after government puts Google on Safe Search for all Iranians

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Middle East Eye  July 30, 2022 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-google-safe-search-outrage
July 29, 2022

Covid-19 Cases Multiplying In Iran

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Iran International  July 9, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202207095308

Iran leader bans import of U.S., UK COVID-19 vaccines, demands sanctions end

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By Parisa Hafezi Reuters  January 8, 2021 https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-iran-int-idUSKBN29D0YC

'There isn't a single stretcher left' in Iran as 'apocalyptic' wave of Covid-19 hits

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Iranians are facing a fourth wave of Covid-19 and it is shaping up to be the worst since the start of the pandemic. According to official fi...

Iran At Risk Of COVID-19 Fifth Wave As Homegrown Vaccine Campaign Stalls

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Reuters  Radio Farda  July 14, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-at-risk-of-covid-19-fifth-wave-as-homegrown-vaccine-campaign-stalls/31356...

Iran facing its deadliest coronavirus surge after banning import on US vaccines

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Ayatollah Khamanei banned US and UK vaccine imports in January. By Guy Davies ABC News August 12, 2021 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Internatio...

Iran: Government Mismanagement Compounds Covid-19 Crisis

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Vaccine Prohibitions, Poor Transparency Undermining Response Human Rights Watch August 19, 2021 https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/08/19/iran-gov...

Iran's COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Mission Critical

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By John Calabrese Middle East Institute  August 17, 2021 https://www.mei.edu/publications/irans-covid-19-pandemic-response-mission-critical

Iran confronts coronavirus amid a 'battle between science and conspiracy theories'

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Sanctions, distrust, and misinformation hamper pandemic response By Richard Stone Science  March 29, 2020 https://www.science.org/content/ar...

Iranian authorities revoke approval for MSF coronavirus treatment center

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MSF remains ready to deploy its emergency team and inflatable 50-bed hospital elsewhere in Iran or to other countries urgently needing suppo...

Iranian Officials Stole More Than $1 Billion in Humanitarian Coronavirus Funds, Pompeo Says

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By Adam Kredo The Washington Free Beacon March 23, 2020 https://freebeacon.com/national-security/iranian-officials-stole-more-than-1-billion...

IranWire Exclusive: Document Proves the Iranian Government Ignored Warnings about Coronavirus

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By Shahed Alavi Iran Wire March 20, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/features/66831

Iran: Leaked official letters reveal state denial of COVID-19 crisis in prisons

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Amnesty International  July 31, 2020 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/07/iran-leaked-letters-reveal-state-denial-of-covid19-crisi...

Iran's Covid death toll may be four times the government's official tally, says top doctor

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Iran's doctors are urging the government to take decisive action, citing "unacceptable mortality rates." By Dan De Luce and Le...

Timeline: Six Waves of COVID-19

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The Iran Primer March 22, 2022 https://iranprimer.usip.org/blog/2021/mar/23/one-year-covid-timeline

Treasury Issues Additional COVID-19-related Sanctions Authorizations and Guidance

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U.S. Department of the Treasury June 17, 2021 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0234

Guidance on the Sale of Food, Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, and Medical Devices by Non-U.S. Persons to Iran

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U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control July 25, 2013 https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/iran_guidance_med....

Clarifying Guidance on Humanitarian Assistance and Related Exports to the Iranian People

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U.S. Department of the Treasury  Office of Foreign Assets Control February 6, 2013 https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/hum_exp_iran.p...
July 28, 2022

Researchers say Iran's doing nothing to protect young people from addiction

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Addiction among young Iranians is worrying experts who say that as confusion and inconsistency characterize the country's handling of th...

Video of street drug use illustrates Iran's growing addiction problem

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France 24 The Observers May 21, 2021 https://amp.observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210521-video-of-street-drug-use-illustrates-iran-s-...

Torture and humiliation reported norm at Iran's rehab facilities

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By Alijani Ershad The Observers February 9, 2021 https://amp.observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210210-rehab-centre-iran-drug-addict-vi...

Iranian Use More Than Two Tons Of Narcotics Every Day

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Radio Farda July 15, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iranian-use-more-than-two-tons-of-narcotics-every-day/30056090.html

Number of drug addicts in Iran 'doubles' in six years

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Rocketing Taliban opium production in neighbouring Afghanistan is fuelling epidemic, heath officials say The Independent  June 26, 2017 http...

Iran's drug problem: Addicts 'more than double' in six years

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BBC News June 25, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40397727.amp

Iran's growing drug problem: 'No walk of society is immune'

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By Rahim Mostaghim and Shashank Bengali  Los Angeles Times December 19, 2016 https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-iran-drug-addiction-2016-st...

Drug abuse in Iran rising despite executions, police raids

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By Ali Akbar Dareini Associated Press The San Diego Union-Tribune February 12, 2015 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-drug-abuse-in-...

Hooked in Iran, where addiction rates are world's highest

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The UN drug office estimates that 2.2% of the population are addicts By Lara Marlowe The Irish Times June 17, 2014 https://www.irishtimes.co...

Methamphetamine Use Soars in Iran as Lifestyles Speed Up

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Reuters VOA News December 8, 2014 https://www.voanews.com/amp/reu-methamphetamine-use-soars-in-iran-lifestyles-speed-up/2549904.html

Iran's hidden scourge: widespread drug abuse at all levels of society

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By Paul Koring The Globe And Mail May 27, 2012 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/news/world/irans-hidden-scourge-widespread-drug-abuse-at-...

Iran has 130,000 new drug addicts each year-report

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Reuters November 15, 2009 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSDAH544630
July 27, 2022

Selling sex to survive in Iran

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By Amir Nategh BBC News March 17, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-60661875.amp

Temporary marriage in Iran and women's rights

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By Fariba Parsa Middle East Institute January 13, 2021 https://www.mei.edu/publications/temporary-marriage-iran-and-womens-rights

Former Iran Football Chief Slams Government For Women's Stadium Ban

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By Maryam Sinaee Iran International  April 3, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202204031318

Inside Tehran's Sex Trade, A Business Hiding In Plain Sight

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By Margot Buff March 07, 2021 Radio Farda  https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-prostitution-sex-workers/31133070.html

Sex workers in Iran

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The Regime's Denial Means They Have Little Access to Support By Fayrouz Ramadan Zada Majalla May 7, 2021 https://eng.majalla.com/node/13...

Is Tbilisi the New Capital for Iranian Sex Workers?

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By Arash Azizi Iran Wire August 7, 2018 https://iranwire.com/en/features/65451

Iranian Women and Dubai's Sex Market

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By Aida Qajar Iran Wire June 16, 2014 https://iranwire.com/en/society/60216

Experts say generation gap leading cause of runaways, prostitution in Iran

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Many turn to prostitution as a means to financial independence and liberation from strict societal norms. Most girls active in the Tehran se...

Inside modern Iran, where porn and prostitution are rampant

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By Larry Getlen New York Post August 30, 2014 https://nypost.com/2014/08/30/inside-modern-iran-where-porn-and-prostitution-are-rampant/amp/

2021 Trafficking in Persons Report: Iran

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U.S. Department of State  Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons https://www.state.gov/reports/2021-trafficking-in-persons-repo...
July 26, 2022

Iran Loses Highly Educated and Skilled Citizens during Long-Running "Brain Drain"

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By Hassan Mahmoudi Migration Policy Institute  April 22, 2021 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/iran-brain-drain-emigration

Why do professional Iranians emigrate abroad (brain drain)?

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By Cyrus Yaqubi Atalayar December 9, 2021 https://atalayar.com/en/blog/why-do-professional-iranians-emigrate-abroad-brain-drain

Conservative Website Says Next President Must Tackle Iran's Brain Drain

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By Maryam Sinaiee Iran International May 29, 2021 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/conservative-website-says-next-president-must-tackle-iran...

Businessman Warns, Instability Worsening Brain Drain From Iran

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Iran International  February 15, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202202157568

Iran's brain drain: The impact of poverty and inflation

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By Hossein Beizayi Iran News Wire November 1, 2021 https://irannewswire.org/irans-brain-drain-the-impact-of-poverty-inflation/?amp

Iran's Growing Brain Drain Disaster

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By Heshmat Alavi Vocal Europe  December 03, 2017 https://www.vocaleurope.eu/irans-growing-brain-drain-disaster/

Goodbye, genius: How Iran's best and brightest are leaving the country

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As hospitals, universities and tech companies struggle to fill highly-skilled positions, Iranian smugglers say business is booming Middle Ea...

Fact Check: Does Iran Suffer From a Brain Drain and How Serious Is It?

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Iran Wire May 3, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/fact-checking/67003
July 25, 2022

Iran economist says 60 million Iranians live in poverty, 30 million unemployed

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Iran News Wire September 23, 2020 https://irannewswire.org/iran-economist-says-60-million-iranians-live-in-poverty-30-million-unemployed/?am...

Statistics Suggest Half Of Iranians Living In Poverty

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By Maryam Sinaee Iran International  October 8, 2020 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/statistics-suggest-half-iranians-living-poverty

One Out Of Every Two Iranians Lives Below Poverty Line, Says Report

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Iran International  October 11, 2020 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/one-out-every-two-iranians-lives-below-poverty-line-says-report

Iran Enters A New Economic Era Marked By Poverty

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Iran International  August 23, 2021 https://old.iranintl.com/en/iran/iran-enters-new-economic-era-marked-poverty

Iranians Enter a New Century Poorer and Less Hopeful for the Future

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By Ali Ranjipour Iran Wire March 18, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/features/69201

Poverty Rate in Iran 'Doubled' in Three Years

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Iran Wire November 2, 2021 https://iranwire.com/en/features/70683

Spiralling poverty in Iran adds to pressure on regime

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By Najmeh Bozorgmehr The Financial Times  January 25, 2021 https://www.ft.com/content/520b54e4-c793-4e7d-84f5-03f71587532d

Iranian MP: Nine Mln Families Living Below Poverty Line

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Asharq Al-Awsat May 7, 2022 https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/3632491/iranian-mp-nine-mln-families-living-below-poverty-line

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran's Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

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Center for Human Rights in Iran May 26, 2022 https://iranhumanrights.org/2022/05/as-millions-face-poverty-irans-government-dissolves-largest...

Iran: Workers demand democracy and freedom against poverty, corruption and repression

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IndustriALL Global Union January 5, 2018 https://www.industriall-union.org/iran-workers-demand-democracy-and-freedom-against-poverty-corrupt...

Iran bans newspaper that linked supreme leader to poverty

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AP News November 9, 2021 https://apnews.com/article/business-iran-media-poverty-dubai-1b45f7e452fb28c77575a264ff6c792a

Deepening Poverty Threatens the Social Contract in Iran

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By Sara Bazoobandi The Arab Golf States Institute in Washington  October 22, 2020 https://agsiw.org/deepening-poverty-threatens-the-social-c...

Children of Iran

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Realizing Children's Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Humanium  https://www.humanium.org/en/iran/
July 24, 2022

Iran's War on Its Own Environment

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United Against Nuclear Iran https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-its-own-environment

Water, Environment and Justice: Iran

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Iran Human Rights  May 2022 https://iranhr.net/en/reports/28/ https://iranhr.net/media/files/Water_Environment_and_Justice-1.pdf

Iran's environmental degradation

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By Khalil Khani Atalayar January 29, 2022 https://atalayar.com/en/blog/irans-environmental-degradation

A brief review of destruction of environment in Iran in four decades

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Iran Human Rights Monitor  June 5, 2022 https://iran-hrm.com/2022/06/05/destruction-of-environment-in-iran-in-four-decades/?amp

Iran water: What's causing the shortages?

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By Jack Goodman BBC News  August 2, 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/58012290.amp

Iran's water is running dry. Now its water woes are worsening.

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By Sahab Bahar Atlantic Council IranSource December 13, 2021 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/irans-water-is-running-dry-now...

Iran: Ensure right to safe drinking water and release peaceful protesters in Khuzestan

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Amnesty International July 6, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde13/8756/2018/en/

Iran: Security forces use live ammunition and birdshot to crush Khuzestan protests

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Amnesty International July 23, 2021 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/07/iran-security-forces-use-live-ammunition-and-bir...

'Give Isfahan Life!' Water Shortages Unleash Waves Of Protest In Iran

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Radio Farda November 24, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-water-shortages-protests/31577306.html

Thousands of Iranians protest over dried-up river

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By Borzou Daragahi The Independent  November 19, 2021 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-river-zayandeh-climate-prote...

Iran, Islamic Republic of - Cost Assessment of Environmental Degradation

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The World Bank June 30, 2005 https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/401941468284096627/iran-islamic...

Fertile Soil Being Smuggled Out Of Iran On Large Scale

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Radio Farda December 16, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-fertile-soil-smuggled-out-to-gulf-states/29658801.html

Iranian press review: Fertile soil smuggled to Gulf countries

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Middle East Eye November 25, 2021 https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-fertile-soil-smuggled-gulf-countries-press-review

Iran Sentences Eight Environmental Activists On Charges Of Spying For U.S.

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Radio Free Europe  Radio Liberty  February 18, 2020 https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-sentences-eight-environmental-activists-for-allegedly-spy...

Iran Court Upholds 58 Years Prison Term For Eight Environmentalists

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Radio Farda February 18, 2020 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iran-court-upholds-58-years-prison-term-for-eight-environmentalists/30441558.htm...

Jailed Environmentalist Expose Torture in Iran; IHR Calls for Immediate International Reaction

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Iran Human Rights February 20, 2020 https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/4139/

Iran: Release eight wildlife conservationists following unfair trial on trumped-up spying charges

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Amnesty International  March 5, 2019 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/03/iran-release-eight-wildlife-conservationists-following-u...

UN Environment Director Calls For Freeing Iran Conservationists

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Iran International  June 5, 2022 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202206055528

How Iran is destroying its once thriving environmental movement

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Iran once boasted one of the greenest governments. But persecution, paranoia, and war have sunk the Middle East’s most vital conservation pr...
July 22, 2022

Iran's Largest Steel Company Caught in Billion-Dollar Corruption Scandal

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By Henry Pope Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project August 25, 2022 https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16694-iran-s-largest-steel-com...

Radio Farda Exposé On IRGC Corruption, Infighting Raises Ire Of Iranian Authorities

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By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Farda February 18, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/amp/farda-leaked-conversation-corruption-irgc/31710316.html

Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, Part I: The Ones That Got Away

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By Masoud Kazemi  Iran Wire  January 27, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/politics/71184/   Iran's Great Petrochemical Corruption Scandal, P...

Corruption and Mismanagement Index

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United Against Nuclear Iran  June 2022 https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/index.php/corruption

Corrupt to the Core: The Long List of Corrupt Iranian Officials

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By Ehsan Mehrabi Iran Wire  December 21, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/features/68397/

Under the shadow

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Illicit economies in Iran Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime  October 2020 https://globalinitiative.net/analysis/under-...

Iran Corruption Report

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Risk & Compliance August 2020 https://www.ganintegrity.com/portal/country-profiles/iran/

Fighting corruption or just more political infighting in Iran?

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By Tahereh Hadian-Jazy Atlantic Council  September 5, 2019 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/fighting-corruption-or-just-more...

How the Corruption Mafia Took $30 Billion out of Iran in One Year

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By Ali Ranjipour  Iran Wire  May 28, 2019 https://iranwire.com/en/features/66059/

Billions Of Dollars Involved In Two Corruption Trials In Iran

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Radio Farda March 14, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/billions-of-dollars-involved-in-two-corruption-trials-in-iran/29820792.html

Record corruption scandal puts spotlight on Iranians in Iran, US

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The revelation of perhaps the biggest corruption scandal in Iranian history has exposed domestic political fault lines and is already reverb...

Nepotism, Corruption, and Fraud: Business as Usual among Iran’s Political Elite

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As economic conditions in Iran worsen, Iranians are shifting some of the blame from the West to domestic causes, including corruption and ec...

Why Iran must legislate away rampant corruption

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By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj Al-Monitor  August 30, 2018 https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2018/08/iran-corruption-economic-crisis-rouhani-...

Corruption is Here - Get Used to It

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Iran Wire  July 26, 2018 https://iranwire.com/en/features/65429/

Iran: The long road to transparency

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Article 19 September 28, 2017 https://www.article19.org/resources/iran-the-long-road-to-transparency/

Iran's double standard of justice

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By Shabnam von Hein  Deutsche Welle July 20, 2017 https://m.dw.com/en/irans-double-standard-of-justice/a-39778965

Corruption among Iran's business elites

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In Iran, billionaire Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption. He once had close ties to political circles. The justice syst...

Corruption trial uncovers links between money and Iranian politics

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A corruption trial is exposing this closed society's links between money and politics By Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Bijan Namdar Zangeneh Fin...

An Administration Plagued by Fraud and Corruption

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By Muhammad Sahimi PBS Frontline Tehran Bureau March 30, 2010 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/03/ahmadinejad-and-...
July 20, 2022

Iranian woman 'beaten' by police for 'improper hijab' dies after coma: Reports

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By Yaghoub Fazeli Al Arabiya September 16, 2022 https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2022/09/16/Iranian-woman-beaten-by-police-for...

Iranian Woman Brain Dead After Arrest By Morality Police Over Hijab Rules

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By Radio Farda September 15, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/a/iranian-woman-brain-dead-arrets-morality-police-hijab/32035501.html

Iran Using Surveillance Cameras To Identify Women Breaking Hijab Rule

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Radio Farda August 30, 2022 https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-surveillance-cameras-identify-women-hijab-rules/32010957.html

A Futile Display? Cities in Iran Step Up Morality Patrols

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By Hedie Kimiaee Iran Wire July 9, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/women/105532-a-futile-display-cities-in-iran-step-up-morality-patrols/

Footage shows violent arrest of Iranian woman with dog-catching pole

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Arab News October 21, 2021 https://www.arabnews.com/node/1952486/amp

How protesting the hijab put a 24-year sentence on Saba Kord Afshari

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By Sharmeen Somani Global News September 7, 2019 https://globalnews.ca/news/5867031/hijab-protest-sentence-saba-kord-afshari/amp/

Iranian civil rights activist gets prison for taking off hijab in public

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By Amanda Woods New York Post August 29, 2019 https://nypost.com/2019/08/29/iranian-civil-rights-activist-gets-prison-for-taking-off-hijab-i...

Saba Kord Afshari is only 20 but has received 24 years prison sentence

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My Stealthy Freedom Campaign against compulsory hijab in Iran August 27, 2019 https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/sabakordafshari-is-only-20-b...

My Stealthy Freedom

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The White Wednesdays movement opposes compulsory hijab and promotes freedom of choice for Iranian women. https://www.mystealthyfreedom.org/t...

Yasaman Aryani took off her headscarf & was sentenced to 16 years in prison

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By Madeline Hislop Women's Agenda October 22, 2019 https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/yasaman-aryani-took-off-her-headscarf-was-sentence...

Iran: Release women's rights defenders detained for peacefully protesting against forced veiling

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Amnesty International April 18, 2019 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2019/04/iran-release-womens-rights-defenders-detained-f...

Combined 55-year jail time for defying Iran's hijab law

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Share America August 14, 2019 https://share.america.gov/combined-55-year-jail-time-for-defying-irans-hijab-law/

Iran: Dozens of women ill-treated and at risk of long jail terms for peacefully protesting compulsory veiling

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Amnesty International February 26, 2018 https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/02/iran-dozens-of-women-ill-treated-and-at-risk-of-long-...

Iranian woman 'sentenced to 20 years in prison' for removing headscarf in protest

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Demonstrator says she was jailed for 'opposing the compulsory hijab' and 'waving a white flag of peace in the street' By Sam...

Groundbreaking report demonstrates hijab laws amount to widespread and systematic violation of women’s rights in Iran

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Justice For Iran  March 7, 2014 https://justice4iran.org/4861/
July 19, 2022

Gov't Agencies 'Can't Cope' With Huge Number Of Child Laborers, Says Official

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Radio Farda April 26, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/iran-child-labor-homeless-abuse/29193727.html

Poverty At The Root Of Iran's Child Labor Problem

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Radio Farda November 26, 2018 https://en.radiofarda.com/a/poverty-at-the-root-of-iran-s-child-labor-problem/29621609.html

Thousands Of Children Forced To Work, Beg In The Streets In Iran

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Radio Farda September 2, 2019 https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/thousands-of-children-forced-to-work-beg-in-the-streets-in-iran/30142546.html

Iranian street children face torture and abuse

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Deutsche Welle July 19, 2019 https://amp.dw.com/en/iranian-street-children-face-torture-and-abuse/av-49647920

Ahwazi Children in Iran: Starving, Abused, and Forced To Work

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By Rahim Hamid and Yasser Assadi The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Fikra Forum March 13, 2020 https://www.washingtoninstitute.or...

The plight of Iran's millions of child laborers

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Iran News Wire  November 20, 2020 https://irannewswire.org/the-plight-of-irans-millions-of-child-laborers/?amp

Islamic Republic of Iran: Promoting Violence Against Children

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Iran Human Rights Review The Foreign Policy Center January 2014 https://www.ihrr.org/ihrr_article/violence-en_islamic-republic-of-iran-promo...

A generation of street kids hustling in Iran

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Los Angeles Times  By Kim Murphy April 22, 2007 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-22-fg-streetkids22-story.html

Iran: Child Laborers Exposed to Irreparable Lifelong Injuries

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U.S. Foundation for Liberty June 13, 2022 https://www.usfliberty.org/iran-child-laborers-exposed-to-irreparable-lifelong-injuries/

World Children's Day Rings Hollow for Children in Iran Who Enjoy Zero Rights

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Iran Human Rights Monitor  November 19, 2020 https://iran-hrm.com/2020/11/19/world-childrens-day-rings-hollow-for-children-in-iran/?amp

Covid: Thousands of children left without parents in Iran

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More than 51,000 children in Iran have lost a parent to the Covid-19 pandemic, Iranian welfare authorities say. By Rana Rahimpour BBC Persia...

Coronavirus pandemic exacerbates Iran's child abuse problem

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By Khosro Kalbasi Atlantic Council IranSource August 13, 2020 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/coronavirus-pandemic-exacerba...

Fact Check: Do Afghan Children Enjoy Free Education in Iran?

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Iran Wire December 16, 2020 https://iranwire.com/en/fact-checking/68404
July 18, 2022

Iranian Child Brides At Record Numbers

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Iran International  November 23, 2021 https://www.iranintl.com/en/20211123366358

The Life of an Iranian Child Bride: An Animation by Marjan Farsad

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Center for Human Rights in Iran August 30, 2021 https://iranhumanrights.org/2021/08/the-life-of-an-iranian-child-bride-an-animation-by-marja...

Iran's Vice President Ansieh Khazali supports child marriage

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By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Blitz Pressenza November 14, 2021 https://www.pressenza.com/2021/09/irans-vice-president-ansieh-khazali-supp...

A Tale of Two Child Marriages

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Iran Wire May 9, 2022 https://iranwire.com/en/society/103764-a-tale-of-two-child-marriages

Child marriage in Iran forces girls into a life of oppression

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Deutsche Welle November 9, 2017 https://amp.dw.com/en/child-marriage-in-iran-forces-girls-into-a-life-of-oppression/a-40450099

Child brides in Iran: tradition, poverty and resisting change

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By Taraneh Stone BBC Monitoring April 26, 2019  https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c200rxfl

Iran: Women - Early and forced marriage

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Country Policy and Information Note Home Office  May 2022 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachm...

Early and Forced Marriages in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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Justice For Iran December 2013 https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Issues/Women/WRGS/ForcedMarriage/NGO/JusticeForIran.pdf

Stolen Lives, Empty Classroom: An Overview on Girl Marriage

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Justice For Iran  October 10, 2013 https://justice4iran.org/6539/

Iran lawmakers pass bill allowing men to marry adopted daughters

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Human rights activists say approved bill, making girls vulnerable to the ruling from age 13, 'legalises paedophilia' By Saeed Kamali...
July 16, 2022

Women Share Stories Of Sexual Abuse In Iranian Prisons

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By Golnaz Esfandiari Radio Free Europe  Radio Liberty  May 31, 2021 https://www.rferl.org/a/women-sexual-abuse-iran-prisons/31282808.html

Women reveal suffering torture, rape in Iran's prisons in new Al Arabiya documentary

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By Tamara Abueish Al Arabiya August 15, 2020 https://english.alarabiya.net/amp/features/2020/08/15/Women-reveal-suffering-torture-rape-in-Ir...