Women’s News

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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Security forces smuggled out the body of Zahra Navidpour from the coroner’s office and secretly buried it in a small village. The coroner’s office was supposed to perform autopsy on the body of Zahra Navidpour to determine the reason for…
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Women prisoners of conscience Nasrin Sotoudeh and Azita Rafizadeh objected to the restrictions on telephone calls to families for women prisoners in Evin Prison. Since Sunday, January 6, 2019, Nasrin Sotoudeh and Azita Rafizadeh stopped…
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Teachers and educators in Kermanshah and Ardabil gathered on Thursday, January 10, 2019, in front of the Department of Education to protest against the regime’s lack of response to their demands to raise their low salaries. They chanted,…
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Sahar Kazemi, a female Kurdish woman from Sanandaj, was transferred to the women’s ward of Sanandaj Prison. Sahar Kazemi was arrested by the Ministry of Intelligence forces at her home in August 2018, and was temporarily released on…
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Sufi woman Elham Ahmadi was sentenced to 148 lashes by Mohammadi, the Head of Qarchak prison in Varamin. Elham Ahmadi published an audio file that revealed the catastrophic situation of Qarchak prison and the lack of medical treatment of…
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The United Nations released the World Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders by Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders. The report focuses on suppression of human rights defenders in Iran and emphasizes…
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