Zahra Shahbaz Tabari Held in Limbo for 7 Months in Lakan Prison
More than seven months after the arrest of Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 60-year-old resident of Rasht, this political prisoner remains| NCRI Women Committee
Hoda Mehreganfar, a 38-year-old electronics engineer and political prisoner, is facing a critical health crisis in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz. Despite her deteriorating condition, security agencies continue to block her transfer to a hospital. This deliberate disregard for medical warnings has placed her life in grave danger. According to informed sources, Hoda Mehreganfar’s endometrioma cyst has […]| NCRI Women Committee
Shiva Esmaeli, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, is suffering from a severe spinal condition that has left her in excruciating pain. Despite her critical condition, prison authorities have deliberately obstructed her transfer to a hospital and denied her access to specialized medical care. The pain has reportedly become so intense that Esmaeli struggles […]| NCRI Women Committee
A peaceful protest by families of death row prisoners outside the Iranian regime’s parliament on Sunday, October 19, turned violent after security forces attacked the demonstrators. Witnesses reported beatings, arrests, and public outrage at the authorities’ brutal response. According to local sources, families of prisoners on death row in Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj gathered […]| NCRI Women Committee
Tehran’s Morality Police Unveil Misogynistic Plan to Deploy 80,000 “Virtue Enforcers” In a new display of moral policing, Tehran’s so-called “Virtue Headquarters” has announced plans to mobilize tens of thousands of enforcers to tighten control over women and the internet. As Iranian society simmers with anger and discontent, and the regime faces mounting internal and […]| NCRI Women Committee
From the prison memoir by Hengameh Haj Hassan – Final Part 24 In the final part of her memoir, Face to Face with the Beast, Hengameh Haj Hassan says goodbye to Shekar after a brief, fragile recovery; Shekar is repeatedly shuffled between punishment cells and solitary confinement but keeps an unbroken spirit. Content advisory: contains […]| NCRI Women Committee
While the world, on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17), emphasizes social justice, human dignity, and the right to a decent life, Iran, under the shadow of a predatory and discriminatory regime, has become a stage for pervasive poverty and human deprivation. A country endowed with vast oil, gas, mineral, and […]| NCRI Women Committee
Following widespread protests and a hunger strike by death-row prisoners in Qezel Hesar Prison, a group of female political prisoners held in Tehran’s Evin Prison have issued a statement declaring their support for the movement and calling for the nationwide abolition of the death penalty. In their statement, released recently from the ward of female […]| NCRI Women Committee
Cornelia Arnolda Johanna “Corrie” ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker, author, and resistance hero whose bravery saved hundreds of Jewish lives during the Holocaust. Born in Haarlem, Netherlands, Corrie grew up in a devout Christian family deeply committed to faith, service, and compassion. Early Life & Watchmaking Corrie […]| NCRI Women Committee
On the morning of Wednesday, October 15, 2025, Kafieh Qobadzadeh, a female prisoner, was executed in Shiraz Central Prison, known as Adelabad. Kafieh Qobadzadeh, originally from Isfahan, had spent seven years on death row. She was only 23 years old at the time of her arrest, accused of killing her husband. Her husband was reportedly […]| NCRI Women Committee
More than seven months after the arrest of Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 60-year-old resident of Rasht, this political prisoner remains| NCRI Women Committee
