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...
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...
Iran Healthcare Workers Protest Against Severe Livelihood and Structural Crises
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial...
More than 4,000 Prominent Political and Social Figures Call for the Revocation of Arghavan Fallahi’s Death Sentence
More than 4000 prominent political and social figures, including elected representatives, university professors, educators, lawyers, judges, authors, artists, leaders of...
Iran: Continued Arrests and Long Prison Terms for Women Protesters
January 2026 nationwide uprising has been followed by a wave of continued arrests, harsh sentences, and continued judicial uncertainty for...
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