Women’s News

The Iranian regime’s issuing of 55 years of prison sentence for three women’s rights activists in Iran has aroused widespread international outrage. The Revolutionary Court of Tehran informed Yasaman Aryani, Monireh Arabshahi, and Mojgan…
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The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) arrested several young women for attempting to enter Iranian stadiums and transferred them to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The arrests are said to have taken place upon the president of the…
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Political prisoner Atefeh Rangriz, who was arrested during the Labor Day demonstration in Tehran, released an open letter on August 15, 2019, describing the situation of Qarchak Prison in Varamin: "Qarchak Prison is the nickname of hell." …
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Fifteen civil rights activists, including five women, were transferred from Vakilabad Prison to the Intelligence Department in Mashhad on Wednesday morning, August 14, 2019. The activists were arrested on Sunday, August 11, 2019,…
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Without any explanation, Evin Prison authorities canceled the visitation of Ms. Farangis Mazloumi with her family, which was arranged in coordination with her detention unit. In addition, Ms. Farangis Mazloumi who telephoned her family…
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Female civil activists and cultural activists participating in a protest in front of the Mashhad court, including Hurriyeh Farajzadeh, Fatemeh Sepehri, and Pouran Nazemi, were arrested along with several others. The state-run Fars News…
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With the World Federation of Football Federation (FIFA) setting a deadline for Iranian women entering the stadiums to watch football matches in Iran, this issue has again become a trending topic of the day. However, the Attorney-General…
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Amid the shocking news of the social harms in Iran under the mullahs' rule, the collective suicides of two families in less than a week has wounded the conscience of the Iranian society. A mother and her 11-year-old daughter ended their…
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Two women’s rights activists, Maryam Mohammadi and Esrin Derkaleh, have been moved from the Intelligence Ministry Ward 209 in Evin Prison to the Women’s Ward. The two women’s rights activists had been active in the field of women’s…
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Asal Mohammadi, a civil rights activist and a student at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Azad University of Tehran, was transferred to Evin Prison on Sunday, August 4, 2019. Asal Mohammadi appeared in Branch 4 of the court…
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