Kamangir (Archer)

In her newest book, Seven Valleys of Love, Sheema Kalbasi looks at the works of Iranian female poets from Middle Ages Persia to present day Iran. Sheema is fluent in both Persian and English, to the extent that she does fine writing in both languages. When asked by the Persian Radio Farda why she focused [...]

One of the high-commanders of the Police force stated a few days ago that in 63% of cases of murder with a female victim, women are killed by a family member and that “the Police cannot intervene in these cases” [Persian]. The Persian blogger Ghoghnoos (means Phoenix) is outraged by these remarks and asks [Persian],
Why [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ci6NcYyh3I

Police Brutality in Birjand, Iran, during the Sharia crackdown. This is what the girl is saying,
Wait a second! Lady Policewoman! … [Screaming] Let me go! [Screaming] People! Help! Help me!…
It is not clear what happens to the girl at the end. The consequences of detention by the Sharia police can be quite dangerous, see: Medical [...]

Maryam Hossienkhah is behind the bars for her work with women rights’ groups (see: Activist Woman Arrested). Today. Shahrzad News published her first picture behind the bars, taken during a meeting with her in Evin Prison [Persian].

Delaram Ali was arrested in June 2006, after she attended a peaceful protest against inequality of men and women in the Iranian law. Subsequently, she was sentenced to prison and lashes. Read the rest from the official website of the Iranian women’s rights movement.
Delaram Ali, woman’s rights defender, … was sentenced to 2 years and [...]

Last week, twenty-eight-year-old Akram was crossing the street when her veil got stuck under a passing car’s tire and caused her to fall. She was immediately transferred to a hospital and was taken care of for a week. She passed away yesterday, due to the complications of the accident [Persian]

The Iranian photographer Ako Salemi has taken pictures of the car-racing queen of Iran. The Tehran-born Ph.D.-student has been driving since thirteen. She was recently banned from entering the stadium for the national competitions. She says this is normal to her and that she never knows if she will be allowed to take part in [...]

Amid all the limitations, Iranian ladies always find the way to do what they love the most. More pictures in the photoblog. I wish they don’t delete these images, like what they did before.
Related:

Too Sexy for Fars News
Definitely Too Sexy for Shia News

On December 2003, early in the morning, a 6.6-Richter earthquake destroyed Bam, a historic city in Kerman province. Four years after the devastation, survivors still have to struggle with harsh conditions. Baztab has recently published a set of pictures (one, two) which show the horrible living conditions for those who survived the quake. This is [...]

While using adult women’s picture on the front page will cause trouble for magazines, little girls’ are tolerated [Persian].
Update: The title is from Gateway Pundit.

A traditional wedding in north-east of Iran, the Turkmens. See more pictures in the photoblog.

Fars News removed a set of picture taken at a women’s sports event. Apparently, they were too sexy for them. See the pictures in the photoblog.
Related: The Picture which was Deleted

Baghiat-Allah Al-Azam hospital in Shiraz stopped service to women who do not wear the Chador, the black head-to-toe cover for women. The banner reads “Service only for women with the preferred outfit, Chador”. Source of the image, Axnevest.

According to a new bill just suggested by the government to the parliament, men do not have to ask the permission of their wife for a second marriage. According to the bill which is titled “Support for Families”, men only need to prove their economic power for the second marriage [Persian]. A member of the [...]

The American women softball team Global Sports went to Iran for a preparatory match, in which Iran lost 19-0. This was their eighth trip to Iran (previous events), one of the aims of which was to give out ten thousand dollars in aids to the Iranian softball team provided by the international federation [Persian]. More [...]

See more pictures here.
Update: The original title of this post could have been offensive to some people. I apologize for that.
Sources: FARS, FARS, FARS.

The Islamic Police started arresting people again. More pictures here.
Source: FARS.

According to Dr Jamshidi, the Judiciay’s spokesman, Jafar Kiani, the stoned man, had helped Mokarrameh Ebrahimi [the name is written in different ways] run away from her abusive husband, who forced her to sleep with other men for money. Mokarrameh, who had three children at the time, met Jafar and he helped her leave her [...]

This is the English translation of a satirical post by Ahrar,
Dear sisters. If you are also using the pervert software known as Yahoo! Messenger, you are clearly familiar with this scene. Yes, this is a shameful request [sent by a boy asking about Age/Sex/Location]. This is in complete contradiction with the Sharia.

Fortunately, Norton has made [...]

This is the English translation of a post by Varesh. She managed to go to Aghche-kand, the village where the recent stoning took place.

I am coming back from Takistan.
I am in Takistan, just back from Aghche-kand. I talked to the villagers. They told me about the crowd of Police officers who were sent here for [...]

This is the English translation of a post by Another Viewpoint, regarding the recent stoning in Iran.
The Iranian Judiciary acted very thoughtfully when they stoned him (and not both of them). Obviously, all the human rights and anti-execution organizations will start condemning it. However, their main energy will be concentrated on saving her. Then, the [...]

Update: More Pictures from the Recent Stoning
Jafar Kiani, the man who was sentenced to stoning, along with his partner, Makroumeh Ebrahimi, was stoned. The stoning was arranged for two weeks ago, causing huge disgust in the blogosphere which helped aware the public, something which only paused the verdict, he was stoned on Thursday. There is [...]

If I was not born in Iran, I would call it an imaginary place they have made up to manufacture fascinating stories for the news networks. Well, looking at these news, it seems that the only unsolved problem in Iran is what people are drinking in the office.
1- The executive deputy of the president published [...]