Iran: SSF arrested Muslim converts including at least four women
In a raid on a church-house in Karaj, a number of Muslim converts who have recently...
Women's News
Iran: Officials admit women parliamentarians are more misogynous
Fatemeh Rake'ii, secretary general of Muslim women's new thinkers' society, said, "There are no laws in...
Iran: ill prisoner without any treatment for 4 years
Sedigheh Moradi has been kept in jail for four years now and has never been given...
Iran: lowering wages has become new method of crackdown against women
A commission in the Iranian regime's so-called parliament assigned to evaluate a plan to "Protect Virtue...
“Tearing my heart to pieces” – a mother’s story from prison in Iran
By Narges Mohammadi, Evin Prison, Iran 4 August 2015, 14:37 UTC Narges Mohammadi has been in...
Iran: World’s bravest cartoonist in Iran jails
The Global Network Defending the Rights of Cartoonists, granted its courage award this year to Atena...
Iran: Play halted for women’s outfits
A play that had begun since August 6th in the Nazerzadeh Hall of Iranshahr theatre and...
“Silk mantua”, new pretext to suppress women in Iran
State affiliated Medias reported that the State Security Force (SSF) has initiated a new plan to...
Iran teachers: we will return outside Parliament next Sunday
Kindergarten teachers who had gathered outside the Iranian regime's parliament in Tehran to protest the violation...
Iran: Alarming rise in tobacco consumption by women
Tobacco consumption has increased among women, particularly in some age groups, despite a plateau in the...
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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