Teachers and Educators Hold Massive Protests in Isfahan and Qazvin
Teachers and educators held massive protest rallies in Isfahan and Qazvin on Thursday, February 7, 2019....
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Labor child girls are physically and sexually abused by city agents
Based on the reports and video clips disseminated in the social media, labor child girls who...
Under-15 marriages in Ilam amounted to 94 in nine months
General director of the Welfare Organization of Ilam Province said the number of under-15 marriages of...
Nurses do not receive overtime pay in at least one Tehran hospital
Nurses working at Tehran’s Azadi Hospital have not received their overtime pay since December. Dana’ii, general...
Defrauded clients of financial institutes hold extensive protests
Defrauded clients held extensive protests in various parts of Tehran, Mashhad and Rasht with women playing...
Women arrested in Iran for their faith or for defending human rights
Women have been arrested for their faith, or for their activities to promote civil or human...
Teachers In Khuzestan Protest For Their Rights Once Again
Teachers in the cities of Karun and Bavi, in Khuzestan Province, held a protest rally in...
Sufi women urge warden of Qarchak to observe prison rules
The Sufi women who have been recently locked up in the same ward with drug-trafficking inmates...
Labor Activist Parvin Mohammadi Transferred To Kachoui Prison
Ms. Parvin Mohammadi, a labor activist and the vice-president of the Free Union of Workers in...
Yasaman Aryani, Saba Kord Afshari reject false claims by Iran newspaper
Two young female political prisoners, Yasaman Aryani and Saba Kord Afshari sent an open letter from...
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...
JINNEWS: An Account of Women Prisoners’ Resistance in Iran Amid Repression and Discrimination
Turkey’s JINNEWS, one of the region’s well-known news outlets covering women’s issues and human rights, published a report on June...
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...
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