Mehrnaz Samimi Mehrnaz Samimi is an Iranian-American journalist. On Twitter: @mehrnazsamimi Iran | May 26, 2014 Women in Iran's factories face hardship, discrimination Female factory workers in Iran face many challenges in the workplace, and recent laws encouraging reproduction have made their situations even more difficult. Iran | May 4, 2014 Women realtors may lose jobs in Iran The announcement by an Iranian realtor syndicate that women should not work in real estate is worrying female realtors. Iran | Apr 17, 2014 Social media help young Iranian fashion designers Iranian fashion designers use word of mouth and social media to promote their work to middle-class women. Iran | Apr 6, 2014 Iran budget a setback for women’s issues A proposed amendment that offered homemakers without a job outside the house health insurance has been omitted in Iran's budget. Iran | Mar 21, 2014 Iranians ignore government limits on holiday celebration Iranians celebrate the ancient Iranian holiday Chaharshanbeh-Souri on the last Tuesday of the year, despite the official discouragement of celebrating a pre-Islamic holiday. Iran | Mar 2, 2014 Iran's environment VP to Al-Monitor: 'We lost eight years' In a telephone interview with Al-Monitor, Masoumeh Ebtekar, the head of Iran's Environmental Protection Organization, said that many of the plans to address Tehran's pollution were not implemented under the previous administration. Iran | Feb 24, 2014 Proposed 'Ministry of Marriage and Divorce' sparks controversy A new proposed ministry reveals a crisis of divorce in Iran and the inability of other ministries to address youth problems. Iran | Feb 11, 2014 Abortion on the rise in Iran According to government statistics an estimated 250,000 Iranian women each year have illegal abortions. Iran | Feb 2, 2014 Iranian women fight efforts to restrict travel abroad Married Iranian women must still obtain permission from their husbands to travel internationally. Turkey | Jan 26, 2014 Iranian TV breaks taboo on music performance Although musicians on a TV show on Jan. 19 were only shown for a few seconds, it has created a stir and rekindled debates about Islam and music. Pagination Show more Latest News White House urges 'peaceful' campus protests after hundreds arrested Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 28, 2024 Gaza puppet maker turns tins into toys in ruins of war Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 28, 2024 Huthi attacks no threat to Saudi resorts: minister by Robbie Corey-Boulet | AFP | Apr 28, 2024 See more Podcasts Inside an American university encampment Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq From döner diplomacy to NATO demands, a week in Turkish foreign policy See more
Iran | May 26, 2014 Women in Iran's factories face hardship, discrimination Female factory workers in Iran face many challenges in the workplace, and recent laws encouraging reproduction have made their situations even more difficult.
Iran | May 4, 2014 Women realtors may lose jobs in Iran The announcement by an Iranian realtor syndicate that women should not work in real estate is worrying female realtors.
Iran | Apr 17, 2014 Social media help young Iranian fashion designers Iranian fashion designers use word of mouth and social media to promote their work to middle-class women.
Iran | Apr 6, 2014 Iran budget a setback for women’s issues A proposed amendment that offered homemakers without a job outside the house health insurance has been omitted in Iran's budget.
Iran | Mar 21, 2014 Iranians ignore government limits on holiday celebration Iranians celebrate the ancient Iranian holiday Chaharshanbeh-Souri on the last Tuesday of the year, despite the official discouragement of celebrating a pre-Islamic holiday.
Iran | Mar 2, 2014 Iran's environment VP to Al-Monitor: 'We lost eight years' In a telephone interview with Al-Monitor, Masoumeh Ebtekar, the head of Iran's Environmental Protection Organization, said that many of the plans to address Tehran's pollution were not implemented under the previous administration.
Iran | Feb 24, 2014 Proposed 'Ministry of Marriage and Divorce' sparks controversy A new proposed ministry reveals a crisis of divorce in Iran and the inability of other ministries to address youth problems.
Iran | Feb 11, 2014 Abortion on the rise in Iran According to government statistics an estimated 250,000 Iranian women each year have illegal abortions.
Iran | Feb 2, 2014 Iranian women fight efforts to restrict travel abroad Married Iranian women must still obtain permission from their husbands to travel internationally.
Turkey | Jan 26, 2014 Iranian TV breaks taboo on music performance Although musicians on a TV show on Jan. 19 were only shown for a few seconds, it has created a stir and rekindled debates about Islam and music.
White House urges 'peaceful' campus protests after hundreds arrested Agence France-Presse | AFP | Apr 28, 2024
Sister of Israeli-Russian scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held by Iran-backed Shiite militia, calls for US military sanctions on Iraq