Iran: significant numbers of impoverished women
Poverty amongst Iranian women has reached a point that state officials are admitting to this phenomenon....
Women's News
100 female workers laid off in northern Iran
The Akryl Tob factory in northern Iran has been closed down and all its 100 female...
Nasrin Sotoudeh : “They can’t silence us”
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has staged a sit-in outside the Iranian Bar Association for...
Iran: mother has no news of jailed daughter
The mother of Negar Haeri, a young jurist arrested for the third time on 18 May,...
Iran: mother of murdered blogger in ICU
Gohar Eshghi, the mother of blogger Sattar Beheshti who was murdered by prison officials under interrogation,...
Iran: official close to Khamenei threatens more crackdown on women
A member of Khamenei’s inner circle in Iran openly threatened to send repressive Hezbollah forces to...
Women teachers protesting in Iran
A group of teachers in Alborz Province (northern Iran) staged a rally on 21 May, raising...
Iran: 82% of single mothers are unemployed
Shahindokht Mulla-Verdi, a deputy in Rouhani’s cabinet said, “Currently 82% of single mothers are unemployed.”Mullavardi said...
Iranian regime official emphasizes more pressure on women
Mohammad Yazdi, head of the Iranian regime’s Assembly of Experts has said police must confront the...
Iran: Political prisoner arrested again, transferred to Evin Prison
Negar Haeri, jurist and former political prisoner of Gharchak Varamin Prison, was summoned to Evin Prison’s...
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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