Iran: Women protest allocation of admission quotas for IRGC, Bassij
Participants in the college entrance exams for assistant physicians and dentists, including a large number of...
Women's News
Iran: Teenage girl from Baneh commits suicide
Sarveh Rahimi, 15, from Baneh (western Iran), hanged herself on Sunday, June 3, 2018, and took...
Iran: Women prevented from watching beach soccer in Boushehr
The security department of the Ministry of Sports and Youths prevented women from sitting to watch...
Iran: Forcible marriages leaves young women to set fire to themselves
Forcible marriages are among the most important reasons for young women setting themselves on fire in...
Iran: Women take part in protests in Orumiyeh, Kermanshah
Women participated in the protests of health caretakers and employees of Medical Sciences universities in Kermanshah...
Iran: Two young women commit suicide due to poverty
Two young women simultaneously committed suicides, ending their own lives in Marivan, Iranian Kurdistan. Two sisters...
Iran: Yaresan women are detained in horrible conditions in Qarchak
Yaresan women are held in deplorable conditions in the Qarchak Prison in Varamin, recently published reports...
Iran: Park-e Laleh mothers call for unity and solidarity for freedom
The Mothers of Park-e Laleh issued a statement, declaring support for the protests of Iran's men...
Iran: Some 1,000 women nurses emigrate every year
Every year, around 1,000 women nurses leave Iran and emigrate to other countries due to discrimination....
Iran: Women of Babol blocked a road as an act of protest
Men and women related to victims of an accident on the Kiakola Road in Babol, northern...
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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