Turning Survival into Resistance
Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj Heydari from the book The Price of Being Human — Part...
Heroines in Chain
Defying the Torturers: How Prisoners Preserved Their Spirit
Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj Heydari from the Book The Price of Being Human — Part...
A Young Life Taken for Loving Freedom
Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj Heydari from the Book The Price of Being Human — Part...
Blood Ties Turned Weapons: Inside Evin Under a Family of Interrogators
Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj Heydari from the book “The Price of Being Human” – Part...
Buried Alive: Breaking Prisoners in the Boiler Room
Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj Heydari from the book The Price of Being Human – Part...
Wandering the Streets with a Bruised Face — Fear of Arrest by My Own Brother
Prison memoirs of Azam Haj-Heydari from the book The Price of Being Human – Part Three...
In the Echo of Cries, I Chose Loyalty and Refused to Betray
Prison memoirs of Azam Haj-Heydari from the book The Price of Being Human – Part Two...
Standing Up to the Savagery of Khomeini’s Revolutionary Guards
Prison memoirs of Azam Haji-Heydari from the book The Price of Being Human – Part One...
Freedom from Prison
Prison memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad from the book The Last Laughter of Leila – Last Part...
Gohardasht and Qezel Hesar Prisons
Prison memoirs of Mehri Haji-Nejad from the book The Last Laughter of Leila – Part Twenty...
Crushed by Design: Structural Crises and Inequitable Policies Push Female-Headed Households to the Edge
Introduction Life for the Iranian people under the religious dictatorship is fraught with hardship and peril from every perspective. Whether...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
How Internet Blackout in Iran Forces Women into Structural Poverty
The internet blackout in Iran—which is now entering a phase of drip-fed restoration after nearly three months of absolute blockage—has...
The Crimson Diary Under the Daily Shadow of Femicide in Iran
What follows is merely a horrifying glimpse into leaked news from an incredibly brief period—from mid to late May 2026....
Aziz Rezaei: Mother of Resistance, Teacher of Steadfastness
In the contemporary history of Iran, there are names that live not merely as memories, but as paths. The name...
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