Iran: Yet another female student commits suicide
A female students from the Free University of Shahin Shahr of Esfahan jumped out from the...
Women's News
Music concerts forbidden if women are present!
IRNA news agency, January 29, 2014 - The Black & White music band, managed by Mr....
Iran: Three prisoners hanged including a woman
The Iranian regime has hanged three prisoners including a women in the Lorestan province. The three...
Iran: Report on the status of female university students in Isfahan
Female students in Isfahan University have to pass two guards while leaving the premises for their...
Iran: 2000 signatures collected to protest gender discrimination in universities
A women’s activist stated: Once our quota for some university studies were omitted, we succeeded in...
Iran: Interruption in the burial of a Baha’i woman in Tabriz
Following the death of Fatemeh Soltan Zare’I, it was announced by Tabriz’s cemetery that it is...
Iran: Women’s unemployment in the regime of Velayat-e faqih
Unemployment is an ominous phenomenon that affects a large segment of the society under the rule...
Iran: A tenfold increase in divorce and threefold increase in suicides
Deputy Governor of Roudan Township reported of a threefold increase in suicides and a tenfold increase...
75 per cent of educated women jobless in Iran
Three out of four educated women in Iran are unemployed and have become housewives, the latest...
Iran: Kurd Baha’i student deprived from continuing education
Gita Gooran Mohit, a Kurd student from Razi University in Kermanshah, was summoned by the university's...
Sign our Statement to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi
Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
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...
Iran Healthcare Workers Protest Against Severe Livelihood and Structural Crises
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial...
More than 4,000 Prominent Political and Social Figures Call for the Revocation of Arghavan Fallahi’s Death Sentence
More than 4000 prominent political and social figures, including elected representatives, university professors, educators, lawyers, judges, authors, artists, leaders of...
Iran: Continued Arrests and Long Prison Terms for Women Protesters
January 2026 nationwide uprising has been followed by a wave of continued arrests, harsh sentences, and continued judicial uncertainty for...
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