Iran: 18 female political prisoners in Tehran’s Evin
Narges Mohammadi writes a letter describing the conditions of a number of mothers in Evin Prison....
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Iran: People rescued young women from arrest by vice patrols
Wednesday morning, August 12, vice patrols attempted to arrest two young women at Tehran's Enghelab Square...
Iran: Baha’i girl deprived of continuing education
Darsa Gholizadeh, a college student studying construction in Ruzbahan University in the city of Sari (northern...
Iran: Wife of imprisoned lawyer not allowed husband’s visit
Mrs. Massoumeh Dehghan, wife of imprisoned lawyer Abdol Fattah Soltanpour was not allowed to visit her...
Iran: Narges Mohammadi in dire physical conditions
The status of Narges Mohammad, a political prisoner and human rights activist, has become dire since...
Iran: Female political prisoner is going blind
Zeinab Jalalian, Kurdish political prisoner, who is presently imprisoned in Kermanshah Prison, western Iran, has lost...
Iran: Kurdish woman attacked by acid in Baneh
Four men attacked a Kurdish woman in Baneh, Iranian Kurdistan, on August 11. Afsaneh Ghorbani, 37,...
Mullahs’ supreme leader says Iran should stay away from CEDAW
In his remarks, Khamenei said, "Contrary to some viewpoints, employment is not one of the main...
Iran: Women’s unemployment rate has reached 86 per cent
The unemployment of young people under 30 years of age in Iran has turned into a...
One of every four Iranian women have breast cancer
The average age of contracting breast cancer has fallen among Iranian women to under 30. Out...
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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