Fourth girl student victim of fire in Zahedan dies
Yekta Mirshekar, the fourth girl student who suffered a higher than 70 percent burn in the...
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Suicides of young women, girls in Iran speak of intolerable pressure
Suicides of young women and girls continued to be reported in recent days indicating increasing pressure...
Atena Daemi among 5 women leading 2018 struggle for human rights – AI
Amnesty International announced the names of five women as leading struggle for human rights in 2018....
Retired women and men spread their protests to more Iran cities
On Tuesday and Wednesday, December 18 and 19, 2018, retired women and men held various protest...
Three girl students lose their lives in fire in Zahedan
Three girl students lose their lives in fire in Zahedan. The pre-school and elementary girl students...
UN General Assembly adopts resolution censuring rights abuses in Iran
At its official summit in New York on Monday, December17, 2018, the UN General Assembly ratified...
Retired women and men hold protests to demand their rights
A group of retired women and men from the Medical Sciences University of Ahvaz, held a...
Two Christian women and a Baha’i woman go to jail for their beliefs
Two Christian women, Shima and Shokufeh Zanganeh, were arrested in Ahvaz and a Baha'i woman named...
Brave women lead the way in protests by workers, teachers and students
Brave women of Iran were at the forefront of the 36th day of demonstrations and protests...
Wife of death row political prisoner sentenced to one year in prison
Mrs. Nashmil Ghavitasi, wife of Arsalan Khodkam, a political prisoner sentenced to death, was sentenced to...
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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