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Underground Iran

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• ‘It’s feminist and it’s badass’: the Iranian women taking up pole dancing and aerial dance

  Hanging from a rope, a harness or a hoop, Iranian women are flocking to gyms to perform aerial dance and sharing videos of their routines on…

  

• Iranian female singers face arrests and police summons

  In Iran, at least seven women have recently been arrested or summoned for questioning by police. The Iranian regime does not allow women to sing in…

  

• Iranian parkour star arrested for racy kiss photos

  Parkour athlete Alireza Japalaghy shot to fame on Instagram for his photos of daring stunts on the roofs of Tehran. His account now has more than…

  

• Iran’s #BlueGirl dies after setting herself on fire in football-ban protest

  Iranian football fans – male and female – reacted with shock and anger following the death of a female football fan on Monday. Sahar Khodayari, 29,…

  

• Iranian label accused of organizing ‘un-Islamic’ fashion show

  Organizers of a fashion show in Iran were charged after videos of the event, which featured fantasy-inspired dresses and women not wearing hijabs, surfaced on social…

  

• Virginity pills and surgery: Iran’s fake hymen industry

  In Iran, many people believe that it is important for women to be virgins on their wedding day. Even so, many women do have sex before…

  

• Iranian women don beards and makeup to sneak into football matches

  Though women are banned from attending men’s football matches in Iran, this doesn’t stop them from trying to sneak in by using an array of tricks,…

  

• The Iranian singers shrugging off their headscarves

  Once part of Iran’s underground scene, several female Iranian singers have become more daring of late. They’ve shrugged off their headscarves, sometimes swapping them for outrageous…

  

• New app breaks silence on sexual health in Iran

  In Iran, talking about sex is still a taboo and there is little to no sexual education in schools. To help bridge the gap, an Iranian…

  

• In Iran, changing sexes is legal But it’s not easy

  In Iran, changing sex is legal. But it’s not easy. Our Observer Saman Arastou explains what it’s like to be transsexual in the Islamic Republic.