Iran: Protest gathering by teachers’ training graduates in front of Ministry of Education
A number of graduates of teachers' training course, including a large number of women, staged a...
Women's News
Iran: Female prisoner threatens to go on hunger strike to counter sabotage of her case
Judiciary officials have been sabotaging the case of political prisoner and human rights advocate Nargess Mohammadi...
Iran: Nurse imprisoned for expression of her thoughts
Ms. Nargess Farhadi was summoned to Evin Prison on January 21, 2016, to serve her one-year...
Iran: Young women deprived of higher education for their religious beliefs
Last week, two more women were deprived of continuing their education for being Bahaii. Ms. Mina...
Iran: Absent insurance for pregnant women, newborn infant is taken hostage for 27 days
Officials of a hospital in Tehran's poor neighborhood of Yaftabad took one of the newborn twin...
Iran: Women imprisoned for their husband or children’s debts
The state-run press in Iran reported of 95 women imprisoned for unpremeditated crimes mostly in Tehran,...
Iran: Honor killing – Father kills her newly-wed daughter with shovel
A man beat up her 15-year-old newly-wed daughter with the handle of the shovel in a...
Iran: Only 1,000 out of 150,000 needy housewives receive a meager social security
Insurance of housewives has been an ongoing discussion for some time in the circles dealing with...
Iran: Women’s social participation stands at 15%
According to the Labor Minister's advisor on women and family affairs, although women have a 70%...
Iran: Cartoonist, lawyer cleared from charge of “illicit relationship”
Imprisoned civil activist and cartoonist Atena Faraghdani and her lawyer, Mohammad Moghimi, were exonerated from 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...
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...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
Iran Healthcare Workers Protest Against Severe Livelihood and Structural Crises
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial...
More than 4,000 Prominent Political and Social Figures Call for the Revocation of Arghavan Fallahi’s Death Sentence
More than 4000 prominent political and social figures, including elected representatives, university professors, educators, lawyers, judges, authors, artists, leaders of...
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