Iran: Women participate in protests in Rasht, Arak, Tehran, etc.
Women and men plundered by the IRGC-backed fraudulent Caspian Institute gathered in protest outside its office...
Women's News
Iran: Message of a suffering woman on Iranian New Year’s eve
Farangis Mazloumi, mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi, sent a message to her fellow compatriots on...
Iran: Lives of Atena Daemi, Golrokh Iraee in danger in Qarchak Prison
The lives of political prisoners Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee are in danger in Qarchak Prison....
Iran: Zeinab Jalalian sends IWD message from inside her cell
“No power can bend a woman who has chosen to be free,” so said woman political...
Iran: Amir Kabir gathering demands freedom of imprisoned students
Students of Tehran’s Amir Kabir University (aka Polytechnique) staged a protest against heavy sentences issued for...
Iran: Women arrested on March 8 informed of their charges
The women arrested on March 8, 2018, in an IWD gathering in Tehran, have been informed...
Iran: Compulsory veiling forms a pillar of mullahs’ rule
The International Women’s Day was honored in an inverse manner by Friday prayer leaders across Iran...
Iran: 36,000 marriages and 15,000 widows under 15
A member of Tehran’s City Council revealed that the number of young women under 15 years...
Iran: Acid attack on a young woman
A young woman was framed in an accident and attacked by acid. The perpetrators vanished in...
Iran: Khamenei blasts women opposing the compulsory veil in IWD speech
Women who protest the compulsory veil have been “deceived” and their acts are “small”, said 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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