Iran: Destruction of a girls’ school on the eve of new school year
The wall of a girls' school was destroyed with legal warrant of Isfahan's municipality on September...
Women's News
Iran: Girls of Decency Plan implemented in Tehran schools
At the start of the new academic year, a Tehran city official announced the “Girls of...
Iran: Labor official reveals women employed for male-jobs with lower wages
In a discussion on the country's employment conditions, vice-president of the Supreme League of Workers' Trade...
Iran: Anti-women’s rights activist reveals regime’s true colors
In a very interesting interview on the eve of the UN summit on September 27, one...
Iran: Misogynous MP calls for control on all angles of Iranian life
"We need to have a law to expand our Islamic-Iranian culture such that it embraces all...
Iran: 26 agencies in charge of enforcing veil on women
In an interview broadcast live on the state-run TV, the spokesman and deputy social commander of...
Iran: University graduates resort to street peddling
With the face of poverty turning feminine in Iran, a considerable number of women turn to...
Iran: Two girls among student activists arrested
In nightly raids launched on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, on residential units in Tehran and Karaj,...
Iran: Prisoner’s letter sheds light on women’s cellblock in Evin
Prisoner of conscience Nargess Mohammadi, vice president of the League of Human Rights Defenders in Iran,...
Iran: Official admits women are ready for assuming key social responsibilities, but government does not support
In remarks made at the second international gathering on "Women's Role in Lasting Development", presidential deputy...
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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