Women’s News

Female prisoners experience unhealthy, devastating and unbearable conditions in the women's ward of Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz. A female prisoner who had been in the women's ward of Sepidar Prison for a few days described its ghastly…
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Retired government employees held yet another protest outside the Labor Ministry in Tehran on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, to demand their rights. Women’s presence was remarkable and they played an active role in the protest. The retired…
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The league of women’s football teams in Iran faces sub-standard conditions for the winter games and the games do not have any quality even in the capital, Tehran. The league of women’s football teams has started its seventh week.…
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Volunteer medical science students of the Azad University of Medical Sciences held a protest in front of the regime's parliament in Tehran, against the uncertainty of their situation, demanding determination of their status. A large…
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Two Baha’i women, Kimia Mostafavi and Kiana Rezvani, have been arrested in Kerman. Their whereabouts are still unknown. A Baha’i student, Shirin Bani Nejad, was also deprived of education and expelled from university due to her faith.…
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Women's participation rate in Iran’s job market in 2017 was only 16.8%. This is very low compared to the male participation rate which was 71.4% in 2017. The statistics are based on the United Nations Development Program. The Statistical…
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Farangis Mazloumi, mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi, is under severe pressure because of her son’s continued imprisonment. She said that she is being tortured every day and every night. In the wake of the widespread campaign of…
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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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