Iran: Women’s Ward inmates protest illegal transfer of Atena, Golrokh
A group of women imprisoned in the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison published an open letter...
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Iran: Ileana Ros Lehtinen expressed support for brave protesters
Ileana Ros Lehtinen, chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on the Middle East and North Africa...
Iran: Two young women deprived of education for their faith
Two young women, students of universities in Tehran and Bandar Abbas, were deprived of pursuing further...
Iran: Two women committed suicide at a hairdresser’s
Two young women committed suicide at a hairdresser’s in Tehran’s Ghaleh Hassan KHaon district on Friday,...
Iran: Atena Daemi, Golrokh Iraee begin their wet hunger strike
Two women political prisoners, Atena Daemi and Golrokh Iraee, began their hunger strike on Friday, February...
Iran: Mother pressured to help Intelligence Dept. break her sons
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry is pressuring a Kurdish woman to break her imprisoned sons. The Department of...
Iran: Marriage-age raise bill meets men’s opposition in Majlis
A bill proposing raising age of marriage for Iran’s girl children from 13 to 16 met...
Iran: Women continue to cycle despite ban
A woman bicyclist attested that women’s cycling does not receive any form of support from the...
Iran: Executed woman was only 25
The woman secretly executed on Tuesday, January 30, 2018, in the prison of Noshahr, northern Iran,...
Iran: A girl child, 8, to be married soon
An 8-year-old girl is going to get married to a boy instead of her father’s debt...
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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