Mahin Taj Ahmadpour goes on hunger strike in Tonekabon Prison
Mahin Taj Ahmadpour, a political prisoner detained in Nashtarud Tonekabon Prison, has gone on a hunger...
Women's News
Various women sectors participated in protests in Tehran, other cities
Various women sectors participated in protest rallies in Tehran, Mashhad, Yazd and Sarpol-e Zahab. On Tuesday,...
Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh protests execution of Kurdish political prisoners
In a letter from Evin Prison, human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh protested the execution of the...
3-year-old girl dies after not being admitted to hospital
A 3-year-old girl died in less than 24 hours after not being admitted to a public...
Executions of three Kurdish political prisoners denounced
The executions of three Kurdish political prisoners were censured by the UN High Commissioner for Human...
Political prisoner Atena Daemi condemns hanging of Kurdish activists
Political prisoner Atena Daemi, a human rights activist imprisoned in the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison,...
Two women among 35 protesters summoned for trial in West Azerbaijan
Two women were among 35 protesters summoned for trial in West Azerbaijan. The Branch One of...
Iranian women to face further suppression in the upcoming month
Iranian women will face further suppression and harassment under the pretext of improper veiling for the...
Pleas by mothers of Kurdish political prisoners fell on deaf ears
Pleas by mothers of Kurdish political prisoners and repeated calls by the Iranian public opinion and...
Arrests of women activists continues in Iran, Rezvaneh Mohammadi
Arrests of women activists continues in Iran as another women’s rights activist, Rezvaneh Mohammadi was arrested...
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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