Iran: woman on hunger strike enters coma
Following 82 days of hunger strike in Gharchak Prison in Varamin (southeast of Iran), Ms. Basma...
Women's News
NW Iran: actions will be taken against women!
The Ghazvin state security force commander said there is a plan to take action against women...
Stressing tough treatment towards women
The suppression and attack on women under the pretext of improper veiling is on the rise....
Rouhani’s letter to Khamenei regarding suppressing women plan
State sources gave news of a letter written by Rouhani addressing Khamenei about analyzing the 'promoting...
Iran nurses protesting: “We are forgotten”
A group of Imam Reza Hospital nurses in Tabriz staged yet another protest rally in the...
Iran women ranked 1st in Mid-East for setting themselves afire
The number of suicides in Iran has witnessed an increasing trend, recent investigations show. In this...
Iran: “I am a mother, my children see me from behind bars!”
Maryam Akbari Monfared, 40, the mother of three children and a citizen who protested the result...
Disaster awaiting homeless women sleeping in the streets
Tehran city council member Rasoul Khodadad says a number of homeless people sleeping in the streets...
Iran: economic discrimination against women
The state-run Youth Reporters Club wrote: "Fateme Moghimi, head of the Iran Women Commerce Center said...
Iran: Alarming statistics of addicted women in Isfahan
Isfahan Province Governor Rasoul Zargarpour said the number of addicted women in this province is higher...
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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