STORY: These women are ‘revved up’… and challenging established norms in Iran. They're just some of a growing number of women riding motor scooters… some, without a license ... in a country where ...

(ATTA KENARE/AFP/AFP) When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian Maryam Ghelich, now an instructor, would drive through Tehran's empty streets at night to avoid scrutiny over her ...

When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran ‘s capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn’t her main worry. Women on ...

Sturgis is a rite of passage, a road trip on every motorcyclist’s bucket list – and yes, especially for women. I’ve fired up ...

Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament is facing a difficult choice: will it finally grant women the legal right to ride motorcycles? For decades, women in Iran have been barred from obtaining ...

The number of women taking an interest in motorcycling is on the up, according to the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) and Women's International Motorcycle Association (WIMA). But why is the ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — When Merat Behnam first gathered enough courage to ride her yellow scooter through the gridlocked streets of Iran 's capital to the coffee shop she runs, traffic wasn't her main ...

Instructor Maryam Ghelich (L) gives women students a lesson in riding motorbikes at a training centre in northern Tehran — ATTA KENARE When she first started learning to ride a motorbike, Iranian ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — In the beliefs of some conservative clerics and hard-liners, a woman riding a scooter or a motorbike is “tabarruj,” or an excessive flaunting of her beauty prohibited by Islam.