Iran: New statistics regarding drug addicts and household women
Head of the welfare organization gave news about the increase in the use of industrial drugs...
Women's News
Iran: Female nurses protest
On 12 July the female nurses' protest continued in Tehran. A group of over 70 nurses...
Iran: 7½ years jail time for female political activist
Maryam Sadat Yahyavi, a social and political activist, has been sentenced to 7½ years behind bars....
Iran: 37% of criminals are “women”
Iranian women are deprived of minimum living standards and poverty is on the rise amongst half...
Iran: Workers’ wives and family members stage protest
News from northern Iran show that a number of workers' wives staged a gathering outside the...
Mullahs’ official: one third of homeless are women
The catastrophe of homeless women has reached a point where Rouhani's advisor on women's affairs has...
Criminal procedure law increases vulnerability of journalists
On the 12th anniversary of photographer Zahra Kazemi's death in detention, Reporters without Borders voices concern...
Iran cleric: Immodest dress causes intestine disease in women
Failure to conform to the Islamic Republic's dress code, including wearing the mandatory black 'chador', or...
Iran: Mothers of Laleh Park emphasize on continuing their resistance
Mothers who lost their loved ones in uprisings in Iran and/or many of whom remain in...
Mother of political prisoner: I will not remain silent; we voted for freedom, not your lies!
Zila Mousavi, the mother of political prisoner Hossein Ronaghi Malaki, said her son's prison time is...
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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