October 2026 became one of the darkest and bloodiest periods of the year for women in Iran. During the month, at least 24 ...

In part 29 of her memoir, Azam Haj-Heydari describes a different kind of resistance: breaking the ward’s silence through ...

WEF’s 2026 report ranks Iran 144th in gender gap, as state media admits to women’s systematic exclusion from the economy.

Two UN experts and a former UN Special Rapporteur have joined the weekly hunger strike of political prisoners protesting the death penalty in Iran.

Denial of medical care to female prisoners in Iran raises concerns as sick inmates remain detained despite urgent medical needs.

Women are banned from outdoor sports facilities at Tehran’s Keshavari sports complex and restricted to indoor areas, Ruydad24 reports.

At a time when the country’s economy has collapsed and people are struggling without basic necessities ...

Welcome to another episode of podcasts of the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. I’m really glad you’re joining us today even though, well, the topic is incredibly heavy.

On World Human Rights Day, we have a glance at the conditions of women in Iranian prisons. The conditions of women in Iranian prisons are deplorable. The clerical regime sends prisoners to exile and ...

As the World Day Against the Death Penalty is observed, the situation of executions of women in Iran presents a horrifying picture of the scale of structural violence against women. According to ...

Excerpts of Montazeri’s book on the rape of female prisoners in the Iranian regime’s prisons: In December 2000, Hossein Ali-Montazeri, a 79-year-old cleric who had been for 10 years the designated ...