Below-15 marriages in Sistan and Baluchistan Province
Underage marriages have become commonplace in Sistan and Baluchistan compared to other provinces in Iran. Studies...
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Iran: 40,000 cars confiscated for drivers violation of mandatory veil
Some 40,000 cars have been confiscated between March and November 2015 because of their drivers taking...
First woman elected to Mecca city council in Saudi Arabia
Saturday, December 12, 2015 was a historic day for women in Saudi Arabia. For the first...
Iran: discounts provided to properly veiled women
Controlling women’s clothing and veiling has reached a point in Iran under the mullahs’ rule that...
Al Arabiya: Iranian families selling their children
Al Arabiya website published a piece on the issue of children being sold in Iran. “Despite...
Nobel Peace Prize winner National Dialogue Quartet calls for fight against terrorism
A Tunisian pro-democracy group has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and set the fight against terrorism...
Iran: Prisoner of conscience in dire conditions
Prisoner of conscience Roya Saberi is in dire conditions in Tehran’s Evin Prison. Ms. Saberi, 47,...
Iran: Women’s appointments stopped by Council of Guardians
An official in the Governor’s Office of Khuzistan announced that following the announcement by Khuzistan’s Governor...
Iran: civil activist sent to optician
Atena Daemi, Iranian human and civil rights activist, has been sent to an optician from prison....
Renowned Iranian singer-actress now sleeping on the streets
Kobra Saeedi (Shahrzad) is a renowned poet and one of the first female filmmakers of 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...
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...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
Aziz Rezaei: Mother of Resistance, Teacher of Steadfastness
In the contemporary history of Iran, there are names that live not merely as memories, but as paths. The name...
Iranian Student Recounts Prison Abuse: My Brother Was Tortured before My Eyes
On May 10, 2026, the Daily Mail published an interview with Iranian student Shabnam Madadzadeh, a former political prisoner, member...
The Commercial Complex Death Trap: When Corruption and Rente Burn Iranian Women to Ashes
On the evening of Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Arghavan commercialcomplex in Shahriar County, west of Tehran, became a death...
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