Local activist Ziba Dastjerdi, 33, was also allegedly shot in front of her daughter during a protest in Nishapur.

Iran Human Rights (IHR) director Mamood Amiry Moghaddam told AFP that protesters killed were "mostly young men", although six women had also been identified.

Thousands of miles from home, British-Iranian women are haunted and sustained by every notification, blackout, and unanswered call.

Shadi Rouhshahbaz was a Women Peacemaker Fellow at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, the University of San Diego (2023-2024). She received funding from this fellowship to conduct research on ...