Plainclothes agents brutalize Afkari family outside prison in Shiraz
Plainclothes agents beaten up and brutalized the Afkari family outside the Adelabad Prison of Shiraz, on...
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Kurdish conservationist Faranak Jamshidi imprisoned to serve her term
Kurdish conservationist Faranak Jamshidi was transferred to the Reform and Rehabilitation Center of Sanandaj to serve...
Iranian motocross champion Shahrzad Nazifi sentenced to 8 years
Tehran’s Revolutionary Court sentenced Baha’i Iranian motocross champion Shahrzad Nazifi, a Baha'i citizen, to 8 years...
Five Iranian women’s organizations boycott the mullahs’ sham election
Five Iranian women's organizations of different ethnicities boycotted the mullahs' sham presidential election. They called on...
The sister of Navid Afkari vows not to vote, not to betray her slain brother
The mothers of the November 2019 martyrs once again reaffirm their pledge to boycott the mullahs’...
Kurdish student and activist Vian Mohammadi goes on hunger strike
Kurdish student and civil activist Vian Mohammadi has started a hunger strike in the Central Prison...
Retired teacher Nahid Fat’halian tested positive for the Covid-19 in Evin Prison
Retired teacher Nahid Fat'halian has tested positive for the Covid-19. Intelligence services have detained her in...
Intelligence Ministry mounts pressure on Maryam Akbari Monfared
Reports from the Central Prison of Semnan say that the clerical regime's Intelligence Ministry has mounted...
Young teachers to continue their protests until reaching their demand
Iranian teachers with various forms of temporary contracts held protests in Tehran and Isfahan from May...
The 118th woman executed under Rouhani in the Central Prison of Qazvin
A woman was executed along with her husband in the Central Prison of Qazvin at dawn...
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...
Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis: Energy Imbalance, Popular Protests, and the Role of Women
The Iran water crisis has transcended a mere climatic challenge, evolving into a structural catastrophe marked by severe ecosystem destruction...
Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: Broad Support for 10-point plan and Criticism of Western Appeasement
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the second day of the “Free Iran 2026 – Supporting the Democratic Alternative” conference was...
45 Years of Resistance for a Free Iran; A Future Built on a Democratic Republic
Free Iran 2026 Summit Brings Together International Political Figures to Emphasize thePath Toward a Democratic Iran On Saturday, June 20,...
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