Thursday, December 22, 2016

Iran: UNGA censures human, women's rights violations in Iran

The UN General Assembly adopted its 63rd resolution condemning human rights violations in Iran on December...


Iran: Young Kurdish woman sentenced to imprisonment

The Court of Saqqez (Iranian Kurdistan) issued a verdict of 18-month imprisonment for Sahar Faizi, 25, on December...


Iran: New case filed against Atena Daemi

A new case has been filed against the children and civil rights' activist Atena Daemi by the Revolutionary Guards Corps...


Iran: Imprisoned woman pressured to move her child to prison

Amnesty International issued an urgent action on Monday, December 19, 2016, on the conditions of Nazanin Zaghar...


Iran: Imprisoned women beaten up by electric batons

Women were beaten up by security forces after protesting the judicial process which ended in transferring them to the ...




Iran: Mild reform of marriage law confronted

In an interview with the state-run Fars news agency, Zahra Sajjadi opposed reforming the Iranian regime's marriage law ...


Iran: Imprisoned women on hunger strike

A number of women arrested during a sit-in in front of Evin Prison are imprisoned in Shahr-e Ray Prison. Some of these ...


Iran: Annual exclusion of 50,000 women from the job market

A recent study on women's employment and unemployment in Iran shows that an average of 50,000 women have been ...


Iran: Young women arrested

Commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps in Chenaran announced that his forces had arrested 18 girls and boys...


Iran: Bereaved women commemorate fallen hero of 2009 uprising

A group of mothers of victims of the 2009 uprising held a ceremony on Friday, December 16, 2016, to commemorate ...


Iran: US Ambassador to UN calls for release of Narges Mohammadi

Samantha Power, the United States Ambassador to the UN, launched a #FreeToBeHome Political Prisoner Campaign on ...


Sunday, December 18, 2016

Antonio Guterres appoints women for three top UN positions

Building on his promise to ensure gender parity and geographical diversity at the UN, Secretary-General-designate ...


Iran: Imprisoned woman protests inhuman prison conditions

Imprisoned human rights activist Golrokh Iraee sent out an open letter protesting dire conditions of her husband, Arash ...


Iran: Bahaii woman suffers broken elbow in prison

Bahaii prisoner Elham Farahani was transferred from Evin Prison to hospital for surgery on her broken arm...


Iran: Women arrested following protest outside Evin Prison

Following a protest in front of Tehran's Evin Prison on Wednesday, December 14, 2016, a number of women were ...


Iran: Calls to tighten control of veiling for flight attendants

The controversial representative of Khamenei in Mashhad underlined the need to impose further pressure on flight ...


Iran: Unemployment of disabled women is twice as much as men's

According to the estimates of the Welfare Organization, about 3 to 5 per cent of unemployment in every district is from ...


Maryam Rajavi calls for end to Iranian regime's war crimes in Aleppo

The Iranian Resistance's President-elect Maryam Rajavi hailed the steadfast people of the besieged city of Aleppo, describing ...


Yezidi women accept EU Sakharov rights award

Strasbourg, France, December 13, 2016 (dpa) - Two Yezidi women who survived sexual enslavement and torture by ...


Iran: Sunni detainees demand freedom of two imprisoned women

Sunni political prisoners of Gohardasht Prison (Karaj), published a declaration on December 13, 2016, calling for the ...


Civilians including women and children shot on the spot in Aleppo

Pro-Syrian regime forces have been entering homes in the last remaining rebel strongholds in eastern Aleppo and killing ...


A young woman's last call from Aleppo

I am one of the daughters of Aleppo. I will be raped in a short time from now…


Saturday, December 17, 2016

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Monday, December 12, 2016

Iran: Woman prisoner beaten up for chanting 'death to dictator'

In the wake of her effort to defend the rights of other prisoners, political prisoner Afsaneh Bayazidi was badly beaten ...


Iran: Political prisoner Zeynab Jalalian is losing her sight-AI

With the approach of the International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International has launched a new petition for ...


Iran: Women's ward sit-in wins visit for imprisoned couple

Prisoners in the women's ward of the Evin Prison staged a sit-in on Sunday, December 4, 2016, and forced prison officials to ...


Iran: Security forces threaten mother of human rights activist

The mother of an imprisoned activist was threatened by security forces after she had an interview, explaining the ...


Iran: Students protest dormitory rules against women

A group of female students of Tehran's Allameh Tabataba'i University staged a protest on Saturday, December ...


Saturday, December 10, 2016

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Iran: Imprisoned women resist attacking agents

Intelligence agents raided the cell where Afsaneh Bayazidi and Hajar Piri are detained in the Central Prison of Kerman and ...





Iran: Women's ward sit-in wins visit for imprisoned couple

Prisoners in the women's ward of the Evin Prison staged a sit-in on Sunday, December 4, 2016, and forced prison officials to ...


Farideh Goudarzi: Tortured while pregnant

My name is Farideh Goudarzi. I am a supporter of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI). I left my country two months ago...


Shabnam Madadzadeh: I took wings and flew with two phrases

Following are excerpts from a speech by former political prisoner, Shabnam Madadzadeh, delivered on November...


Iran: Courageous prisoner blasts Prosecutor's staff

In an open letter smuggled out of prison 12 days ago, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared blasted deputy Prosecutor ...