11-year-old girl in Mashhad becomes victim of child abuse
An 11-year-old girl in Mashhad who was being abused by her addicted parents is going to...
Women's News
Akram Nasirian, civil activist, transferred and incarcerated in Evin
Civil activist, Akram Nasirian, was arrested on Monday, April 29, 2019, by the State Security Force...
Protests in Tehran, Ahvaz by students, teachers, defrauded investors
Tehran and Ahvaz saw dozens of protests from April 27 to 29, 2019, by students, teachers...
Female fan arrested for entering football stadium in Isfahan
A young female fan of football was arrested by the State Security forces in Fuladshahr Stadium...
Moral Security Police sends text messages to warn against mal-veiling
The Moral Security Police of Tehran sent thousands of text messages to warn commuters against flouting...
Labor activists including three women arrested before Labor Day
A number of labor activists including three women, Parvin Mohammadi, Haleh Safarzadeh and Valeh Zamani were...
Mojgan Keshavarz, Civil activist is arrested
Civil activist Mojgan Keshavarz was arrested by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)....
Nurses in Dehdasht stop work for not receiving six months of wages
On Thursday, April 25, 2019, Khomeini Hospital’s nurses and staff staged a protest gathering. The staff...
Suicides of 14 women in just one month indicates unbearable pressures
The news of 14 Iranian women and girls committing suicide have been collected from press reports...
Women heads of household struggle without jobs amid economic crisis
With the deteriorating economic situation in Iran, women heads of household have borne the brunt of...
Sign our Statement to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi
Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
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...
Parisa Kamali: “If Today I Stand on the Right Side of History, I Owe It to the PMOI”
Audio message from PMOI political prisoner Parisa Kamali on the anniversary of the founding of the People's Mojahedin Organization of...
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi: We are Generation Z—Anti-Dictatorship, and Opposed to Both the Shah and the Mullahs
Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
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