Iran’s ban on female presidential candidates contradicts several articles of the country’s Constitution as well as international law and should be removed, Amnesty International said. Mohammad Yazdi, a clerical member of Iran’s Council of Guardians, a constitutional body responsible for ensuring that legislation adheres to Iran’s Constitution, as interpreted by Iran’s religious scholars and […]
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Public Outcry in Kurdish City After Male Suspect Paraded in Female Clothing
A group of Kurdish activist women from Marivan, along with a few citizens of the city, held a demonstration April 16 on the main streets of the city in protest of the authorities’ parading a man in Marivan after dressing him in the traditional women’s clothing of Kurdistan, a local source told the International […]
Report on latest condition of female political prisoners in Iran
After women’s day was celebrated in the world, there are still a large number of female political prisoners accused of civil, and human rights activism who are serving prison terms behind bars throughout Iran. During the past months a number of female prisoners were released after serving their sentences. Among the released are Ronak […]
Iran’s Ahmadinejad sacks only female government minister
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday dismissed his only female cabinet minister, Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, after she criticized her colleagues for failing to provide funds to import vital medicines.
Visits withheld from female Evin prisoners
Tehran’s Prosecutor has stopped all in-person visits in the women’s section of Evin Prison, according to opposition websites.
33 Female Political Prisoners Demand an Apology from the Head of Evin Prison Following an Aggressive Raid on Female Ward
33 female political prisoners behind bars at Evin prison have written an open letter to the head of Evin prison. The letter comes on the heals of a hunger strike launched by 9 female political prisoners protesting the highly unusual search and desecration and harassment of female political prisoners at the hands of […]
Female detainees begin hunger strike after degrading treatment
The nine women hunger striking in Evin Prison say that guards confiscated their belongings. Amnesty International has issued statement on.
Report updating status of female political prisoners in Evin prison
At 33 detainees, the women’s ward at Evin prison has reached the largest number of prisoners in the past 3 years. Some of the prisoners are suffering with psychological and physical maladies while many have been deprived of their right to furlough.
Female workers laid off as garment factory closes
The eighty women who work at the Khoramabad garment factory in central Iran have all lost their jobs, following the company’s declaration of bankruptcy last week.
Female Kurdish Prisoner sentenced to 15 years
A local source told the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran that Branch One of Sanandaj Revolutionary Court under Judge Babaei has sentenced Safieh Sadeghi, 23, a resident of Salmas, to 15 years in prison on charges of “moharebeh” (enmity with God) through membership in the opposition PJAK group.