Iran: US official says state-backed group behind acid attacks on women
US official says state-backed group behind acid attacks on women Ansar-e Hezbollah has been behind acid...
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Domestic violence against women doubled in one year in Iran
Domestic violence against women doubled in one year in Iran The number of women who have...
Iran: Women protest in Karaj, Rasht and Tehran
Iran: Women protest in Karaj, Rasht and Tehran Iranian women participated in at least three protests...
Iran: Murderer of Reyhaneh Jabbari chosen as trusted attorney
Hassan Tardast, the judge who issued the death penalty for Reyhaneh Jabbari, was introduced as a...
Iran: Six-year sentence issued for young woman protester in Babol
A young woman who had been arrested during Iran uprising in December 2017-January 2018 has been...
Iran: Woman prisoner harassed and pressured in hospital bed
An imprisoned Yaresan woman who has been recently hospitalized in Tehran, is under pressure by prison...
Iran: Three more women become victims of suicides
Three more women committed suicide and lost their lives in recent days in three Iranian cities....
Iran: Zeinab Jalalian denied treatment despite progress of illnesses
The general conditions of political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian has deteriorated in the Prison of Khoy, in...
Iran: No news on young woman arrested during uprising in Kermanshah
Five months on, no news is available on the conditions of a young woman, Mitra Alizadeh,...
Iran: Religious scholar calls for action to enforce the mandatory veil
One of the clerical regime's religious scholars urged the government to take action and "lead the...
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...
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...
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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