Suicides of young women on the 1979 Revolution anniversary shock Iran
The suicides of two young women due to poverty shocked the Iranian society on the anniversary...
Women's News
Prison Authorities Cut Off Water to Qarchak Female Prisoners
After cutting off electricity and gas in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, prison authorities also cut off...
Female Prisoners in Qarchak Prison Violently Transferred to Evin Prison
A number of female prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin were violently transferred to Evin Prison....
Qarchak Prison Guards Attack And Injure Female Prisoners
Prison guards beat female prisoners and used tear gas, firearms, and pepper spray during raids inside...
School Minibus Crash Leaves 12-Year-Old Girl Student Dead
A 12-year-old girl student named Leila Osmani, along with her brother Abbas Osmani, lost their lives...
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....
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...
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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