Iran: Demanding justice for Iran's youth

"As mothers, we cry out and demand justice instead of this oppression… We want justice for the innocent and honorable youths of our country."...

Iran: Added pressure on mothers and relatives of execution victims

The Ministry of Intelligence has stepped up its pressure on mothers of execution victims and Sunni families...

Iran: Wedding parties to be controlled by the Police!

The commander of the State Security Force of Hamedan Province (western Iran) announced that from now on, the Police would be directly present in all wedding parties...

Iran: Woman political prisoner under torture

Political prisoner Afsaneh Bayazidi has been under torture by agents of the Intelligence Department to make forced confessions...

Iran: Raheleh Rahemipour summoned, interrogated again

Evin Prison's prosecurtor summoned Ms. Raheleh Rahemipour for the second time on Monday, August 29, 2016...

Living lives of dignity, courage and freedom

Leading women of Iranian Resistance
Women have become indispensable to the Iranian opposition movement in its struggle for regime change and democracy in Iran...

Iran: Homa Hoodfar transferred from prison to hospital

Ms. Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Canadian citizen, has been transferred from Evin Prison to hospital.
The family of this prisoner issued a statement on August 30, 2016, in which they said that Ms...

Iran: Father and daughter in jail

Nazanin Bangaleh and her father, Nematollah Bangaleh, were arrested on August 27, 2016, in Shiraz (southern Iran)...

Iran: A woman executed in Yazd

A woman was hanged in the Central Prison of Yazd (central Iran) in the morning of Thursday, August 25, 2016...

Iran: Women teachers carry on with their protest

The protest gathering of literacy teachers and assistant teachers was staged for the 14th consecutive day on August 27, 2016, in front of the Majlis (the mullahs' parliament)...

Iran: Adverse public reaction to call for monitoring of nurses

The news conference of Tehran's Prosecutor on August 24 in which he called for inspection and monitoring of nurses' make-up and observance of the compulsory dress-code in hospitals,...

Iran: 20 more youths arrested in a private party

Twenty young women and men were arrested Friday night, August 26, 2016, in a private party in northwest Tehran...

Iran: von bail bond

Sahar Beheshti, who had been arrested Friday afternoon along with her husband Mostafa Islami, was released Saturday afternoon, on bail bond...

Iran: Mothers of victims honor anniversary of the 1988 massacre

Mothers and families of political prisoners and victims executed or killed during the 2009 uprising gathered in Khavaran cemetery in the afternoon of Friday,..

Iran: Tehran prosecutor underlines suppression of women in the streets

Tehran's Prosecutor held a meeting on August 24, 2016, to discuss ways to impose the compulsory veil on women...

Iran: Women's football coach still incarcerated

Women's football coach Sahar Eliyassi remains incarcerated although another political prisoner accepted the responsibility of all the charges levelled against her...

Iran: Sahar Beheshti, husband beaten up and arrested

Security agents attacked the residence of Ms. Gohar Eshghi, in the afternoon of Friday, August 26, 2016, beating up and arresting Sahar Beheshti and her husband...

Iran: Mothers make a human chain

Mmes. Sholeh Pakravan and Shahnaz Karimbaeigi, activist mothers against the death penalty, continued their visits to the bereaved families of execution...

Iran: Atena Da'emi protests court's refusal to hear her defense

Ms. Atena Da'emi, civil and children's rights activist, recently published her defense in the social networks in protest to the court's refusal to hear her defense...

Iran: Official stresses restriction of women's presence in stadiums

Shahindokht Mollaverdi, Rouhani's deputy in women and family affairs, stressed in a news conference that the issue of women is "a political issue."...

Iran: Western province tops women's unemployment

Women of the Kohgilouyeh and Bouyer Ahmad in western Iran top the list of women's unemployment and are socially vulnerable...

Iran: Political prisoner says solitary confinement is white torture

Human rights activist and advocate of abolition of the death sentence, released an open letter on August 24, 2016,...

Iran: A house all of whose men have been executed

Civil activist and death sentence abolitionist, Sholeh Pakravan, has just published a post on her visit to the families and survivors of the Sunni prisoners executed on August 2, 2016...

Iran: Youths arrested in Gorgan, northern Iran

Some 40 young women and men were arrested in a private party in Gorgan on Wednesday, August 24, 2016.
The prosecutor of the neighboring Gilan Province noted that dealing...

Iran: Eighth day of protest by pre-school teachers

Pre-school teachers staged their eighth day of protest outside the mullahs' parliament, on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. They demanded...

International solidarity, condemning massacre, executions in Iran

The National Peace Trust of Zimbabwe issued a statement on August 20, 2016, condemning the mass execution of Sunni prisoners in Iran which has coincided with the....

Iran: Brave mother and sister commemorate slain Sattar Beheshti

Ms. Gohar Beheshti and her daughter Sahar Beheshti are going to celebrate the birthday of Sattar Beheshti, on August 26, 2016, at their residence and they have invited...

Women jurists call for prosecution of Tehran leaders

International Federation of Women in Legal Careers (FIFCJ), presided by Ms. Maria Elena Elverdin from Argentina,...

Iran: Atena's new cartoon lashes out at government's conduct

Atena Farghadani, young cartoonist who spent nearly two years in prison for criticizing government policies in her cartoons, released a new cartoon on August 22, 2016,...

Iran: Monitoring of women at airports, 92 clothes shops sealed

Chief of Airport Police announced that women's hair covering will be monitored closely on flights and violators will receive warnings...

Iran: Freedom-loving mothers condole bereaved mother of execution victim

Mmes. Shahnaz Karimbeigi and Sholeh Pakravan travelled to Sanandaj (Iranian Kurdistan) on August 21, 2016,...

Iran: Student activist received prison sentence

Kurdish student activist Afsaneh Bayazdi was sentenced to four years imprisonment and banishment to the southern Province of Kerman...

Iran: Women's drug addiction on the rise

In a meeting on the Science of Addiction, one of the regime officials revealed: Reports indicate that the percentage of addiction among women...

Iran: 30% of Iranian society is starving

n a shocking admission, Rouhani's deputy Minister of Health, asserted: Presently, 30 per cent of the nation are starving and have no bread to eat, and ...

Iran: 83 young women and men arrested in raids on private parties

State Security forces raided private parties in Shiraz on the night of August 18, 2016, and arrested 63 girls and boys. The SSF Commander of Shiraz (southern Iran) said,...

Iran: Tehran court turned down Zaghari's freedom

Tehran's Revolutionary Court turned down a request to release Nazanin Zaghari on bail bond.
Zaghari attended another closed-door trial for ...

Iran: Gender segregation in student camping events

Co-ed student camping events are no longer going to receive authorization from the Education Ministry...

Iran: MOIS agents fabricate new case against imprisoned woman

Agents of the Intelligence Department of Yassouj are seeking to fabricate a new case against political prisoner Fahimeh Esmaeli...

Iran: Poor mother offers unborn infant, 3-year-old twins for sale

Poverty has become ubiquitous in Iran leading to various social ills. One of the tragic consequences of this situation is sale of unborn fetus and even older children...

Iran: Promoting women's marriage under legal age

"One must haste in the issue of marriage. Girls and boys must get married. Of course, I oppose marriage of university students, and believe that marriage should take place in...

Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh is summoned again

Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been summoned to a Tehran court on September 3 for a new case...

Iran: Women commemorate victims of executions and massacre

A number of families who have lost their loved ones in executions and massacres under the mullahs' rule, got together on August 17, 2016, at the residence...

Iran: Two young women arrested for activities on the internet

A young woman was arrested for "managing five anti-religious groups" in the Telegram. According to the IRGC public relations officer in Naynava,...

Iran: Fourth day of protest by teaching women

Female teachers and instructors managed to continue their protest for the fourth consecutive day outside the Iranian parliament (Majlis) in Tehran...

Iran: 4,400 clothes shops sealed for violating compulsory dress-code standards

The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran issued a statement on August 17, 2016, condemning the Iranian regime's backward...

Iran: Our nation will never forget its massacred prisoners

Student activist Golrokh Ayraii paid homage to Shahram Ahmadi by visiting his grave. Mr. Ahamdi, a Sunni, Kurdish political prisoner, was...

Iran: More patrols at work to collect impoverished women

New security patrols have begun their rounds in Tehran to collect women beggars and women who sleep in cardboard boxes in the streets...

Iran: 60 men, women arrested in a private party

The paramilitary Bassij force raided a private party held at a park, in Sorkheh Hessar, east of Tehran. More than 60 young men and women were arrested...

Iran: Aunt to be prosecuted for following up on baby niece

Evin Prison officials summoned Ms. Raheleh Rahemi-pour to the Prosecutor's Office on Monday, August 15, 2016. Ms. Rahemi-pour has five days to report...

Iran: Trial of a civil activist

Ms. Najibeh Salehzadeh's trial was held in Tehran on Monday, August 15, 2016. She had been interrogated earlier...