However, the chief prosecutor of Mazandaran, a province north of Tehran, said at least 450 protesters ... for my name and called me a prostitute," Fereshteh, which is not her real name, said.

Fereshteh Sadeghi, an Iranian journalist based in Tehran, told Newsweek she shares this belief. However, she also outlined some of the obstacles that have stood in women's way when it comes to ...

An official is sent from his home in Tehran to hear the final appeal of a woman sentenced to death, a political prisoner. The official's wife of nearly 20 years, Fereshteh Samimi, writes him a ...