Iran: 14,599 cases of VAW reported in six months
In a period of six months, there have been 14,599 cases of violence against spouse. The...
Women's News
Iran: Promoting unveiling is punished by 1 to 10 years in jail
The State Security Force announced, “According to paragraph 2 of Article 639, encouraging people to shun...
Iran: A pregnant woman among those arrested in attack on Dervishes
Leili Nayeb Zadeh, arrested in Tehran during the raid on the protest gathering of dervishes on...
Iran: Women protests in Tehran, Kerman and Mahshahr
A group of women and men plundered by the Caspian Institute staged a protest on Thursday,...
Iran: 7% of the addicts in Iran are The women
Women make up seven per cent of the addicted populace in Iran. Firouzeh Jaafari, advisor on...
Iran: Women political prisoners detained in grim conditions
Iranian women politcal prisoners Golrokh Iraee and Atena Daemi are held in horrible conditions in a...
AI: Iran women remained subject to discrimination in law and practice
Amnesty International published its annual 2017/18 report on Thursday, February 22, 2018, evaluating the human rights...
Iran: Woman sentenced to 18 months in jail, forced labor in seminary
An Abadani woman, a writer, has been sentenced to prison due to her connection with dervishes....
Iran: A number of dervish women imprisoned in Qarchak identified
A number of women arrested in the attack on Gonabadi dervishes on the night of February...
Iran: Retirees and plundered women and men stage protests
A large group of discontented women and men staged protests in Tehran, Rasht, and Mashhad on...
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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