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date: July 29, 2010
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Six thousand Iranian refugees wait in Turkey for visas to EU countries
               Six thousand Iranian refugees wait in Turkey for visas to EU countries   Asgar Ahanin, July 26, 2010 | social
According to Spiegel Online, about four thousand of total six thousands asylum seekers inTurkeyare believed to be Iranian journalists, students and human-rights activists who fledIranduring the post-election clampdown last year.
 
Iranian single mothers depend on charities to survive   Iranian single mothers depend on charities to survive
Mitra Fakhim, July 19, 2010 | social
She began scavenging on the rubbish dumps three years ago when her...
 
Iranian gays – persecuted by the state and ignored by the opposition   Iranian gays – persecuted by the state and ignored by the opposition
Soheila Mirzaie, July 19, 2010 | social
Soheila Mirzaie of Shahrzad News interviews Nima and Sio, two Irani...
July 29, 2010
Al Jazeera- Pakistan has observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country’s worst aviation disaster, as rescue workers searched for the aircraft’s black box
Caecilia van Peski, represents Dutch women at UN
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Iranian computer engineer demands 100 laptops in lieu of her dowry
Purge victims’ graves bulldozed in Rasht
Runaway girls living in train stations
Euronews Farsi to go on air in October 2010
Internet in Iran “11 times more expensive than in Turkey”
Iranian embassies to inform tourists about hejab before issuing visas
Women must wear dark uniforms in the workplace
Basij militias to launch 'Islamic' versions of Facebook and Twitter
On average, eight students attempt suicide every term
Pars metal workers picket Ahmadinejad’s office
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Iran used Twitter to hunt dissidents, claims cyber expert   Iran used Twitter to hunt dissidents, claims cyber expert
Elham Moradi, July 12, 2010 | social
 
Officials split on how to control hejab in Iran’s universities   Officials split on how to control hejab in Iran’s universities
Shahrzad News, July 5, 2010 | social
Jobless engineers rap Ahmadinejad’s economic policies   Jobless engineers rap Ahmadinejad’s economic policies
, June 28, 2010 | social
 
Iranian women’s football team keep losing the kit battle   Iranian women’s football team keep losing the kit battle
By Afsaneh Paydar of Shahrzad News, June 21, 2010 | sports
Iran to “Islamise” women’s studies courses   Iran to “Islamise” women’s studies courses
Shahrzad News, June 14, 2010 | social
 
	Female Christian converts acquitted of blasphemy   Female Christian converts acquitted of blasphemy
Shahrzad News, June 7, 2010 | politics/law
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Iranian feminism disregards women’s need for economic independence
Editorial:By Mina Saadadi, June 7, 2010 | social
“Poverty and economic hardship exacerbated by spiralling inflation affect millions of Iranian women… Such conditions make them ripe for membership of the forces of opposition”
It has always been a central pillar of feminist ideology that women should participate in the economic life of their communities. Only when they are seen to have an integral influence on market forces can their economic independence be realised, thereby promoting their status within the family and the community, and leading to equality with men in every legal, economic, social and political aspect of society. Achieving economic independence has been a focus of the feminist struggle in developed countries in the last few decades. Campaigne...