Iran: Young woman commits suicide due to evade arrest by SSF
A 20-year-old woman in Ilam, western Iran, committed suicide due to pressure by the State Security...
Women's News
Ma’edeh Shabani-Nejad remains in detention without legal warrant
Ma'edeh Shabani-Nejad, 15, who was arrested in January for writing nationalistic and epical poetry in Arabic,...
Iran: Women partake in protests in Mashhad, Boukan, Shiraz
Iranian women participated in protests in Shiraz (southern Iran), Boukan (western Iran), and Mashhad (in the...
Iran: Quake victims forced out of camp on Governor’s order
Forty families who were living in Shahed Camps 2 and 3 were forced out of the...
Iran: More women identified among arrestees in Ahvaz protests
More names of women arrested during Ahvaz protests in late March have been made public. Khadijeh...
Iran: 500 women held in prisons for undeliberate crimes
Some 500 women (out of a total 6,500 female prisoners) are detained throught Iran for undeliberate...
Iran: Various strata of women hold protests
Iranian women participated in at least four acts of protest in Tehran, Rasht, Karaj and Mashhad....
Iran: Woman MP admits the existence of 24,000 widows under 18
A woman member of the mullahs’ parliament admitted that there are 24,000 young widows under 18...
Iran: Women’s active participation in protests in Tehran, Mashhad
Women and men plundered by the fraudulent Caspian Credit Institute held protests in the Iranian capital,...
Iran: Performance of deaf girls’ choir prevented in a Tehran ceremony
The choir of girls with hearing impairment was prevented from going on stage in Tehran because...
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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