Iran: Deputy Labor Minister says women unemployment 3 times that of men
Seyed Hassan Hifdah-tan, Rouhani’s deputy labor minister referred to the dire conditions of women’s participation in...
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Iran: authorities will take action against mixed parties
Security authorities are increasing their pressures to crackdown and arrest women and youth in Iran. The...
Iran: homeless women on the streets of Tehran!
Habibollah Massoudi Farid, deputy of Social-Health Affairs in Iran said, “15,000 to 16,000 homeless people are...
Iran: women protesters targeted in attacks
A group of women protesting the death sentence issued for political prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri rallied...
Iran: Only one per cent of Education Ministry managers are women
Shahindokht Mollaverdi, presidential deputy in women and family affairs admitted despite the fact that women comprise...
Iran: Nurses protest in Tehran
Nurses of Tehran’s Kasra Hospital staged a gathering Monday, August 16, protesting government policies regarding their...
Iran: Protesters demand freedom of female activist
A group of human rights activists and families of political prisoners and martyrs, held a gathering...
Iran: Pre-school teachers continue sit-in for the fourth consecutive day
Pre-school teachers’ sit-in outside the mullahs’ parliament is on its fourth day. Participants are from Tehran,...
Iran: Virtually half of female-headed households are poor
Director General of Hamedan Province’s Welfare Organization revealed that 49 per cent of households headed by...
Iran: 19 divorces registered every hour
One of the officials of the Ministry of Health said, “In 2014, nineteen divorces were registered...
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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