Modern Iranian history reveals that dictators have feared the young generation above all else. From the final years of the Pahlavi monarchy, high school students stood on the frontlines of protests.
Claudia Carli speaks at the “No to the Death Penalty” conference in Cuneo, Italy, condemning executions in Iran.
The No to Executions Tuesdays Campaign entered Week 145 as UN experts and international figures joined its anti-execution movement.
In part 29 of her memoir, Azam Haj-Heydari describes a different kind of resistance: breaking the ward’s silence through ...
Women political prisoners, including two doctors and a grieving mother, face imprisonment, detention and legal limbo in Iran.
Women in Ward 4 of Qarchak Prison protested after food poisoning incidents and the denial of medical care and poor food conditions.
October 2026 became one of the darkest and bloodiest periods of the year for women in Iran. During the month, at least 24 ...
WEF’s 2026 report ranks Iran 144th in gender gap, as state media admits to women’s systematic exclusion from the economy.
Two UN experts and a former UN Special Rapporteur have joined the weekly hunger strike of political prisoners protesting the death penalty in Iran.
Women are banned from outdoor sports facilities at Tehran’s Keshavari sports complex and restricted to indoor areas, Ruydad24 reports.