Women’s News

The state-run ROKNA news agency reported on May 9, 2019, of the execution of the 88th woman during Rouhani’s tenure in October 2018, in Maraqeh, East Azerbaijan Province. The 88th woman named Soudabeh had been imprisoned in the Prison of…
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In the dire economic conditions in Iran, women heads of household (WHH) suffer from discrimination, inequality, unemployment and lack of job security. Eassa Mansouri, Labor Ministry’s deputy for creation of jobs and employment,…
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Video clips recently published on the internet show scenes of happiness of Iranian school children singing playfully in schools. The video clips were strongly criticized by Ali Motahhari, deputy speaker of the clerical regime’s parliament.…
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Several women footballers fainted out during one of the Women’s Football League games held in hot weather of Bushehr, capital of the southern province of Bushehr lying on the coast of the Persian Gulf. The football match between Pars…
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During the last two weeks, five young women were among seven women who committed suicide in the Iranian Kurdistan Province due to intense pressures on them. A young woman, Shadi Rashidi, 27, hanged herself and died in Sardasht on May 4,…
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The Iranian regime continues to make arbitrary arrests and issue heavy sentences for women of Baha’i faith. They are also deprived of having a job or studying for higher education at universities. Job dismissals Shahrzad…
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Defrauded investors of Samen ol-Hojaj credit institute held a protest gathering on Sunday, May 5, 2019, in front of Tehran Central Bank. On the same day, another group of defrauded investors held a protest gathering outside the SAIPA…
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Parvaneh Hossein Panahi was summoned by the Intelligence Department of Sanandaj and interrogated on April 29, 2019. Parvaneh Hossein Panahi is the sister of Kurdish political prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi who was executed last year. Mrs.…
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A group of families of those arrested on the International Labor Day protests gathered outside the Evin Prison in Tehran on Thursday, May 2, 2019, demanding unconditional release of those incarcerated. Further reports on the…
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The Teachers Day in Iran on May 2 was marked by widespread protests and demonstrations by working and retired teachers and educators across Iran. On this day, Iranian teachers held protests and demonstrations in a number of cities upon…
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