Iran: Presidential hopeful stresses compulsion of the veil
Ibrahim Raissi, member of the Death Commission in the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners and...
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Iran: Dozens of young women and men arrested in Qom and Abadan
Dozens of young women and men were arrested in roundups in the cities of Qom and...
Iran: Cars to be impounded for mal-veiling of women
A plan to impound cars and deal with their drivers was started in the western Iranian...
Iran: Medical sabotage of Atena Daemi on 22nd day of hunger strike
After 22 days of hunger strike by the imprisoned civil rights activist Atena Daemi, the director...
Mothers in Argentina march to remember, four decades on
Buenos Aires, AFP, May 1, 2017 -- The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo marked four...
Iran: Lawyers appeal for Nargess Mohammadi was turned down
The request for revision of the case of Nargess Mohammadi sentenced to 10 additional years in...
Iran: 22-year-old woman committed suicide in Marivan
A 22-year-old woman, Donya Dadgostar, hanged herself and ended her life on Saturday, April 29, 2017,...
Iran: 14 nurses died last year due to job stress
Fourteen nurses lost their lives last year due to job stress and pressure. The state-run INLA...
Iran: Young nurse suffers brain hemorrhage
A young nurse suffered cerebral hemorrhage in Shahr-e Kord due to pressure at work. Zahra Jafarzadeh...
Iran: Political Prisoners declare support for Atena Daemi
Three political prisoners incarcerated in Evin Prison published a letter in support of the demands of...
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...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
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...
Parisa Kamali: “If Today I Stand on the Right Side of History, I Owe It to the PMOI”
Audio message from PMOI political prisoner Parisa Kamali on the anniversary of the founding of the People's Mojahedin Organization of...
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi: We are Generation Z—Anti-Dictatorship, and Opposed to Both the Shah and the Mullahs
Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
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