Yalda Emamdoust: Four Months of Silence over Vanished Athlete
More than four months have passed since the arrest and enforced disappearance of Yalda Emamdoust, a...
Women's News
Milan Khajeii Held Incommunicado in Shiraz for Over a Week
More than a week after the arrest of Milan Khajeii in Shiraz, no official or credible...
Carbon monoxide poisoning hits girls’ school in Babol
On Wednesday morning, November 19, a leak in the school’s heating system caused carbon monoxide poisoning...
Maryam Akbari Monfared Continues to Be Denied Medical Care in Qarchak Prison
Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, remains deprived of access...
Zeinab Jalalian Still Denied Medical Care 3 weeks after major surgery
Zeinab Jalalian, a political prisoner, has been deprived of essential medical care and transfer to medical...
Violence and Student Protests at a Girls’ Vocational School in Shahr-e Rey
Students Denounce Body Searches and Humiliating Treatment On the morning of Tuesday, November 18, 2025, a...
No to Execution Tuesdays: Week 95 and the Defiant Voices of Families
The 95th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign was marked across 54 prisons in...
Qomri Abbas-Zadeh Executed in Sari Prison
At dawn on Thursday, November 13, 2025, Qomri Abbas-Zadeh, a 29-year-old female prisoner, was executed in...
Showkat Vaisi Executed in Damghan Prison
The death sentence for Showkat Vaisi, a female inmate, was carried out at dawn on Sunday,...
Dima Faramarzi Executed in Mahabad Prison
According to newly obtained reports, at dawn on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, a female inmate identified...
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...
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,...
Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis: Energy Imbalance, Popular Protests, and the Role of Women
The water crisis in Iran has transcended a mere natural challenge, evolving into a human, environmental, and economic catastrophe. While...
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