Iran: Young woman starved under torture to confess

Ameneh Eassazadeh was released on bail on Friday, October 28, 2016, almost three weeks after she was arrested for ...

Iran: Political prisoners censure arrest of Golrokh Iraee

Three political prisoners condemned the arrest and detention of Ms. Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and her husband, Arash Sadeghi...

Iran: Women stage rally to save life of prisoner of conscience

A group of advocates of prisoners' rights, and students of Mohammad Ali Taheri, gathered on Sunday, October 30, 2016, ...

Social deputy for the Welfare Organization announced that more than 1.3 million Iranian women heading their households do not enjoy any government support...

Iran: 69 stores selling women's attire sealed in Tehran

Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran declared that 69 clothing stores were sealed in the capital...

Iran: Malekabad girls study in a shed in the middle of desert

Girl students of Malekabad village, in southern Iran, are going to school under horrible conditions...

Iran: Indian athlete boycotts Shooting Championship in Iran

Heena Sidhu, the Olympian from India, boycotted Asian Airgun Shooting Championship to be held in December in Tehran to ...

Iran: Political prisoner's family threatened by regime

Intelligence Ministry agents have threatened the family of political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian on the phone, warning them ...

Iran: Fate of young Kurdish woman under question

The family of a young Kurdish woman, Parastoo Hajian, have expressed concern about the fate of their daughter...

Iran: Discrimination institutionalized against women – UN report

The final report of Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, was presented to the UNGA Third Committee...

Iran: Preschool teachers stage protest in Mazandaran

A group of preschool teachers from various cities in the northern province of Mazandaran gathered outside the ...

Iran: Economic participation of Iranian women among the world's lowest

Rouhani's deputy for Women and Families' Affairs admitted that Iran ranks the lowest in women's economic participation...

Iran: IRGC arrests more models

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) issued an official statement on October 19, 2016, announcing the arrest of 24 individuals who were active in the modelling field...

Iran: Young women of Qum University protest discrimination

Girl students of the University of Qum expressed their protest on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, against discriminations and deprivations in the university policies...

Iran: Women arrested as beggars

Iran: Women arrested as beggarsThe general prosecutor of Maragheh (northwestern Iran) announced on October 17, 2016, that 18 orphan children and five women had been arrested while begging...

Iran: Female reporters banned from women's match

Female reporters were not allowed entry to the stadium to take pictures of the football match between women of Iran and Russia...

Iran: Call for institutionalization of women's oppression

Mohammad Reza Naghdi, Commander of the IRGC's paramilitary Bassij Force underlined the need to fundamentally institutionalize social repression...

Iran: Political prisoner files official lawsuit on 1988 massacre

Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has formally filed a lawsuit against Evin Prison because of the 1988 massacre and the executions of her sister and brothers...

Iran: Women's gathering outside Qezel-Hessar Prison

On the morning of Monday, October 17, 2016, a group of women including mothers and wives of the prisoners were ...

Iran: Prisoners in women's ward of Evin under further pressure

Authorities have built up more pressure in recent days on women inmates in Evin Prison....