Female teacher, activist among detainees of nationwide strike in Iran
The Coordinating Council of Iranian Educators’ Guild Organization has announced that 12 teachers have been arrested...
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Teachers go on strike; other sectors continue their protests in Iran
The strikes and sit-ins of teachers as well as protests by other social sectors continued in...
Hiking requires husband or father’s permission for women
Married women must have their husbands’ permission, and single women as well as young women under...
Nasrin Sotoudeh files a new complaint against Evin Prison officials
Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and political prisoner at Evin Prison, filed a complaint against the head...
Teachers and educators begin second round of strikes and sit-ins
Teachers and educators began their second round of nationwide strikes and sit-ins on Tuesday, November 13,...
Sharareh Almassi, 85th woman executed in Iran under Rouhani
A young woman by the name of Sharareh Almassi was hanged on Tuesday, November 13, 2018,...
Families of political prisoners, defrauded clients hold protests
Families of political prisoners and defrauded clients of Caspian Credit Institute held protests in recent days...
Two Iranian women arrested and detained in Mashhad and Ahvaz
Two Iranian women by the names of Azam Dideban and Ameneh Zaheri Sari have been arrested...
Two young women’s appeal against patrol guard’s abuse rejected
Two young women filed complaints that the State Security forces abused them and a female patrol...
Azad University bans wearing comfortable clothing in girls’ dormitories
Azad University officials have banned students living in girls’ dormitories from wearing comfort clothing. According to...
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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