Imprisoned woman gets her demand

Prison authorities gave in to the demand of Kurdish political prisoner Hajar Peari and transferred her out of the ward...

Two renowned chess champions boycott 2017 Tehran games

Two female chess champions announced that they are not going to take part in the 2017 championship competitions...

Woman prepared for execution

Three death-row prisoners, including a woman, were transferred to solitary confinement on January...

Renowned war reporter Clare Hollingworth dies aged 105

Clare Hollingworth, the British foreign correspondent died aged 105 in Hong Kong. She was just three days into her..

Golrokh Iraee's leave was not extended

Officials of the Prosecutor's Office once again rejected the inquiry for extension of prison leave for political prisoner ...

One month detention issued for civil rights activist

Tehran's Culture and Media Prosecutor issued a one-month detention sentence for Ms. Massoumeh Zia. She is presently ...

'Women and men remain behind bars for being innocent'

In response to the letter written by the Sunni Kurds imprisoned in Rajaiishahr Prison who had demanded the unconditional ...

Two Iranian opposition women appeal for their father's life

Two members of the Iranian opposition issued a call appealing to the world's conscientious people and human rights ...

Iran: Women are baby-making factories - top mullah

Once again, the Friday Prayer Leader of Mashhad, mullah Alam-ol Hoda targeted women's rights and freedoms, calling ...

Iran: Woman arrested upon arrival at airport

Ms. Massoumeh Zia was arrested at the airport when she returned to the country on Friday, Janu...

Iran: Atena Daemi protests fabrication of new charges against her

Civil and children's rights activist and political prisoner Atena Daemi staged a sit-in in Evin prison to protest the Prosecutor's ...

Iran: Woman suspected of being an Afghan was denied treatment

Tehran's Khomeini Hospital refused to do a liver transplant operation on a sick woman who was suspected to be an ...

Viola Desmond, Canadian who fought segregation, to appear on $10 note

Viola Desmond, a black businesswoman who challenged racial segregation in Canada in 1946, will be the new face of the...

Fatemeh Akbari: We're the continuation of a path that leads to freedom

Hello. My name's Fatemeh Akbari Monfared. I'm the sister of political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared...

Iran: Women sentenced to imprisonment and flogging

A few hours after being released from Varamin's Qarchak Prison on January 4, 2017, Zahra Shafii said, "They read out the ...

Iran: Treating husband is better for girls than physics, chemistry

One of the regime's officials defended marriage of child girls in Iran...

Iran: Formation of Children's Police

In a gathering on January 2, 2017, the State Security Force spokesman Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi announced the ...

Iran: Political prisoner deprived of treatment for demanding justice

Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared is suffering from rheumatoid, but prison authorities have prevented her ...

Another Bahaii woman arrested in Bousher

A Bahaii couple were arrested by security forces of the Intelligence Department in the southern city of Boushehr...

19 couples get divorced every hour

Nineteen divorces take place every hour and 450 in 24 hours across the country...