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: Woman questions being imprisoned for being Christian

Maryam Naghash Zargaran, the Christian prisoner of conscience, sent a letter out of Evin Prison, indicating the ...

Two Yazidi women win EP's Sakharov Award

The European Parliament's human rights prize, the Andrea Sakharov Award, is going to be granted this year to two Yazidi women from Iraq who were taken captive by the Islamic State forces...

Iran: Political prisoner Maryam Akbari deprived of visits

An official of Tehran's Prosecutor's Office reacted to the complaint filed by political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared...