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On Saturday, October 11, 2025, coinciding with the World Day Against the Death Penalty, a conference was held at the| NCRI Women Committee
On Saturday, October 11, 2025, coinciding with the World Day Against the Death Penalty, a conference was held at the| NCRI Women Committee
The health condition of Shiva Esmaeli, a political prisoner held in the women’s ward of Evin Prison, has reportedly reached| 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| 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
Maryam Akbari's unbound courage, unfettered soul, and unbroken resolve keep her going amidst overwhelming adversity On December 30, 2023, Maryam| NCRI Women Committee
Iranian women defy four decades of religious dictatorship. The 1979 revolution in Iran was one of the most magnificent popular| NCRI Women Committee
On the anniversary of the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in summer 1988, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared who| NCRI Women Committee
Following a complaint filed by political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared, UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances recognized her| NCRI Women Committee
Download English Version Also Visit INTRODUCTION The flame of resistance and struggle in the freedom movement has always been alive| NCRI Women Committee
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THE PLAN ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS In 1987, the National Council of Resistance (NCRI) unanimously adopted a plan for| NCRI Women Committee
Ebrahim Raisi must be brought to justice for crimes against humanity On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture,| NCRI Women Committee
Detentions are mullahs' reaction to the eve of the second anniversary of the November 2019 uprising The clerical regime imprisons| NCRI Women Committee
Iranian widows are often suffering mothers whose identities are in the shadows of their husbands. According to the former UN| NCRI Women Committee
A woman member of the mullahs’ parliament admitted that there are 24,000 young widows under 18 years of age in| NCRI Women Committee
A member of Tehran’s City Council revealed that the number of young women under 15 years of age who have| NCRI Women Committee
The government ignores and covers up the bleak reality of child labor in Iran Crushing poverty is the root cause| NCRI Women Committee
June 12 is the World Day against Child Labor, introduced by the International Labor Organization to raise awareness of and| NCRI Women Committee
One of the ominous “gifts” of the mullahs’ 40-year rule is the spread of poverty in Iranian society. Among the| NCRI Women Committee
Some women heads of household have taken refuge in city outskirts due to poverty and lack of adequate housing. They| NCRI Women Committee
Based on the reports and video clips disseminated in the social media, labor child girls who are forced to work| NCRI Women Committee
“We are going to prove that 90 per cent of child laborers get raped.” This was said by the executive| NCRI Women Committee
A glance at Article 11 of the NCRI Plan: Equality in Testimony, Guardianship, Inheritance, and Abolishing Polygamy Article 11 of| NCRI Women Committee
Ava Yargholi, a first grader, was beheaded by her father in the city of Hidaj, Zanjan Province. Her father, 32,| NCRI Women Committee
Six million widows and counting International Widows Day, June 23, is a United Nations ratified day of action to raise| NCRI Women Committee
THE PLAN ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS In 1987, the National Council of Resistance (NCRI) unanimously adopted a plan for| NCRI Women Committee
The 74th Week of “No to Executions Tuesdays” Observed in 47 Prisons Families Demand Freedom for Their Imprisoned Children The| NCRI Women Committee
Sudden Transfer of a Large Number of Inmates to the Notorious Greater Tehran Prison Tehran, Monday, June 23, 2025 –| NCRI Women Committee
It has turned out that the new warden of Qarchak Prison is a notorious torturer appointed to step up pressure| NCRI Women Committee
In yet another tragic case of femicide in Iran, Raheleh Siavoshi, a national wushu champion and coach, was killed by| NCRI Women Committee
Shocking Statistics on Women's Execution in Iran; 34 Women Executed in 2024 While the death penalty has been abolished in| NCRI Women Committee
Branch 47 of the Isfahan Court of Appeals has upheld a total sentence of 90 years in prison and additional| NCRI Women Committee
Azar Karvandi Musazadeh reported to Evin Prison on Sunday, July 30, 2023, to serve her five years. The 24th branch| NCRI Women Committee
Fresh reports reveal that Sudabeh Asadi, an inmate jailed on financial charges, died at Qarchak Prison in Varamin, on Tuesday,| NCRI Women Committee
Brave mothers rise up to expose the crimes of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards April 27, 1981, has been registered under| NCRI Women Committee
Fatemeh Mesbah, 13, a symbol of Resistance for freedom Fatemeh Mesbah, executed at the age of 13, is one of| NCRI Women Committee
On the 68th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, families of political prisoners gathered in Tehran and at| NCRI Women Committee
On Thursday, September 25, 2025, women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin staged protest gatherings in response to the| NCRI Women Committee
Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner and the only woman in Iran serving a life sentence, is reported to be| NCRI Women Committee
Security forces of the Iranian regime raided the home of a Baloch family in the Golshahr district of Chabahar and| NCRI Women Committee
Touba Azmudeh (born 1878 – died September 23, 1936) is remembered as one of the most influential pioneers of women’s| NCRI Women Committee
In a new and lasting report, Professor Rita Süssmuth, who served for ten years as the President of the German| NCRI Women Committee
The passing of Samineh Baghcheban, writer, translator, and one of the founders of deaf education in Iran, brought sorrow to| NCRI Women Committee
Qarchak Prison in Varamin has once again become a focal point of humanitarian crisis. The recurring deaths of prisoners—primarily due| NCRI Women Committee
At dawn on Monday, September 29, 2025, Jayran Zaheri, a female prisoner was hanged along with three men in the| NCRI Women Committee
Political prisoner Hoda Mehreganfar, a 38-year-old electronics engineer from Zarghan, Fars Province, remains in legal limbo at Adelabad Prison in| NCRI Women Committee
In a fresh wave of regressive reforms, the Iranian regime has significantly tightened the conditions for women’s retirement under the| NCRI Women Committee
Iran labor law is not implemented for female workers. A tragic incident in early November outraged the Iranian public over| NCRI Women Committee
A female textile worker lost her life when a spinning machine pulled in her head. Marzieh Taherian was working with| NCRI Women Committee
There are more than 3 million women engaged in informal employment in the industry and services sectors in Iran. Some| NCRI Women Committee
Women's presence in Iranian production units without receiving sufficient pay is tormenting. Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, a member of the presiding| NCRI Women Committee
The General Board of Directors of the Administrative Court of Justice rescinded a directive by the general director of the| NCRI Women Committee
From the memoir by Hengameh Haj Hassan – Part 9 Face to Face with the Beast ⚠️ Content Warning: This| NCRI Women Committee
The names of some of the PMOI women who were executed while pregnant by the Iranian regime: Asieh Ebrahimpour Leila| NCRI Women Committee
On August 30, 2025, a conference was held at the Municipality of the 17th District of Paris under the title| NCRI Women Committee
On August 30th, a conference entitled “Iran Uprising Against the Mullahs’ Regime” was held at the Municipality of the 17th| NCRI Women Committee
On Saturday, February 22, 2025, the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran hosted a conference to| NCRI Women Committee
Azar Korvandi, a political prisoner held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, is suffering from heart disease and cancer while being| NCRI Women Committee
On the morning of Sunday, September 14, 2025, the ward housing female political prisoners at Qarchak Prison in Varamin was| NCRI Women Committee
Maryam Shahraki’s death highlights corruption in the prison system and Judicial injustice In the early hours of September 12, 2025,| NCRI Women Committee
On August 30th, a conference entitled “Iran Uprising Against the Mullahs’ Regime” was held at the Municipality of the 17th| NCRI Women Committee
On August 30, 2025, a conference was held at the Municipality of the 17th District of Paris under the title| NCRI Women Committee
On the eve of the anniversary of the 2022 Iran uprising and the start of the new academic year, Iranian| NCRI Women Committee
Every year, World Day for Safety and Health at Work (April 28) and International Workers Day (May 1) serve as| NCRI Women Committee
Labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi has been in custody for over three months since she was arrested. Her case is in| NCRI Women Committee
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the central headquarters of the mullahs’ Ministry of Education in Tehran witnessed a joint protest| NCRI Women Committee
In recent weeks, a number of female political prisoners held in Qarchak Prison, Varamin, have been denied in-person visits with| NCRI Women Committee
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (also known as Pearl S. Buck; June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was an American writer,| NCRI Women Committee
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) remains one of the most inspiring figures of the 20th| NCRI Women Committee
From the memoir by Hengameh Haj Hassan – Part 11 ⚠️ Content Warning: This section of Face to Face with| NCRI Women Committee
Ilam University: In the early hours of Saturday, May 31, a gas leak at a girls’ dormitory at Ilam University| NCRI Women Committee
In less than a month (24 days), Iran has witnessed a shocking wave of domestic violence that has left at| NCRI Women Committee
Sorayya Abolfathi, an only child, was born in 1961 to a wealthy family in Tabriz, Iran. A deeply compassionate and| NCRI Women Committee
The Free Iran 2024 World Summit kicked off on June 29, 2024, in Paris, just one day after the boycott| NCRI Women Committee
Soghra Khodadadi’s Dark Record at Qarchak Prison: From Beatings and Forced Veiling to Medical Deprivation and International Sanctions Qarchak Prison| NCRI Women Committee
A Glance at a Costly and Ineffective Policy The “Youthful Population Law” in Iran vs. Women’s Human Rights Following a| NCRI Women Committee
Nurses and Retirees Protest Against Injustice in Tehran and Other Cities In recent days, protests have erupted across Tehran and| NCRI Women Committee
In recent months, we have witnessed widespread protests across Iran by teachers demanding the approval and implementation of the Teachers| NCRI Women Committee
A Crime in Progress: The Looming Threat of Another Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran Executive Summary July 2025 Report:| NCRI Women Committee
Raheleh Rahemipour, a 72-year-old political prisoner, remains detained in Qarchak Prison under life-threatening conditions, as medical and judicial authorities have| NCRI Women Committee
In a move that has sparked outrage among civil society and human rights advocates, Iranian state media reported on Sunday,| NCRI Women Committee
In a powerful statement of unity, 651 prominent women leaders, including former heads of state, ministers, jurists, and human rights| NCRI Women Committee
The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission, in its latest report, once again highlights the ongoing systematic and targeted repression| NCRI Women Committee
209 members of the Iranian regime’s parliament have signed a petition urging Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to enforce the controversial| NCRI Women Committee
From the memoir by Hengameh Haj Hassan - Part 10 ⚠️ Content Warning: This section contains descriptions of torture, violence,| NCRI Women Committee
Political prisoner Elaheh Fouladi, 47, faces escalating pressure and a new campaign by security forces in Qarchak Prison to be| NCRI Women Committee
More than a week after their arrest, Razieh Hassanzadeh and Asiyeh Kaykhah, both from Zabol, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province,| NCRI Women Committee
A confrontation sparked by a Hijab patrol in the city of Fasa over the outfit of two teenage girls escalated| NCRI Women Committee
Female relatives of political prisoners held in Greater Tehran Penitentiary (a.k.a. Fashafuyeh) say they are being subjected to “degrading, abusive| NCRI Women Committee
On the morning of Tuesday, April 30, 2024, four prisoners, including a woman, were executed in Birjand prison. The identity| NCRI Women Committee
Solmaz Abbasi, a 43-year-old volleyball coach and newly hired schoolteacher, was brutally murdered by her husband on Saturday, June 28,| NCRI Women Committee
