Women’s News

Six UN Human Rights Special Rapporteurs (UNSRs) called on Iran to urgently provide Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Narges Mohammadi access to appropriate health care, and reiterated calls for their immediate release. In a statement issued…
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Leila Rasouli, a young paramedic who was unable to find a job, ended her life. According to a newly released report, a young paramedic from Hamadan named Leila Rasouli, 30, committed suicide on December 29, 2018. With a paramedic…
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Nazanin Zaghari a British-Iranian dual-citizen held by the Iranian regime, started a hunger strike after interrogators tried to persuade her to become a spy for Iran. On Monday, January 14, 2019, Evin prisoner Nazanin Zagheri began a…
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Three female protesters detained in the women's ward of the Evin prison --Saba Kord Afshar, Yasamin Ariani and Azar Heydari-- have sent out an open letter expressing their protest against high prices and living conditions of the Iranian…
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A group of hardworking teachers of support schools in Yazd Province held a protest rally on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, in front of the governorate to protest mismanagement of support schools and demand full payment of their salaries. Ms.…
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The continuous protests of different strata, including retirees and plundered credit depositors, continue in various cities of Iran with women actively participating. On Monday, January 14, 2019, protests were held in the cities of Tehran…
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Payam Derafshan, an attorney to female political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh, announced on Monday, January 14, 2019, that Mrs. Sotoudeh has been banned from visits at the women's ward of Evin Prison. Nasrin Sotoudeh’s attorney, Payam…
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Three female students in Hormozgan suffered burns from the facial area after an oven in the student dormitory caught on fire, on Sunday, January 13, 2019. The three female students were cooking on a worn-out gas stove when they suffered…
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Teachers and educators in Tehran and Yazd, as well as the defrauded clients of the Caspian Credit Institute in Tehran and Mashhad held a number of protests on Sunday, January 13, 2019. Retirees, most of whom were teachers and educators,…
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Women participate d in the protest held on campus by students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences on Saturday, January 12, 2019, against privatization of medical science educational institutions. Women participated in significant…
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