Iran: Girl students stage protest at of Tehran’s Allameh U
Students of Tehran's Allameh Tabatabaii University, including a large number of young women, staged a protest...
Women's News
Iran: SSF deals with stores and shops selling women’s attire
A plan is to be implemented against shop owners who offer unconventional clothing for women, said...
Iran: Women demand freedom of prisoners, permanent employment
A group of families of the men and women arrested in recent protests in Ahwaz, SW...
Iran: Young woman, 15, under interrogation for three months
A 15-year-old student, Ma'edeh Shabani-Nejad, is still being held in Sepidar Prison of Ahwaz since she...
Iran: A second woman targeted with acid in Tabriz
For the second time in a month, another woman was splashed with acid in Tabriz, capital...
Iran: Golrokh Iraee returned to notorious Qarchak Prison
Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has been returned to the notorious Qarchak Prison, in Varamin,...
Iran: Young women arrested for attempting to enter stadium
Two young women were arrested in Isfahan (central Iran) on Friday, April 27, 2018, for attempting...
Iran: Tehran women protest being plundered by Afzal Tous
Women once again took to the streets and held a sit-in to protest being robbed by...
Iran: Young woman gets killed in chase by Moral Police of Tabriz
The chasing of a young couple by the State Security Force's Moral Security Police in Tabriz...
Iran: Arbitrary arrest of Maryam Shariatmadari and her mother
Maryam Shariatmadari was beaten up and arrested by security forces in Shahr-e Ray along with her...
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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