An ongoing internet blackout and intensifying crackdowns are obstructing documentation of abuses in Iran, as women human rights defenders face arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment, and prolonged detention.

The new resolution comes amid widespread unrest in Iran, where massive nationwide protests triggered by economic hardship and ...

In the wake of the Iran protests, Western feminists must stand in solidarity with South Azerbaijani women, who are fighting ...

Iranian authorities carried out executions on a scale unseen since the late 1980s, conducted mass and arbitrary arrests, and ...

Iranian security forces shot dead a teenage motorcycle influencer who posted videos of herself online without a headscarf, ...

Protesting in Iran is dangerous for anyone. But for women, it can be life-altering. From arrests and public humiliation to ...

Amid Iran's deadly crackdown, three women share their stories of resistance, fear and an unyielding hope for freedom.

Voices from Iran: women defy fear in the face of brutal crackdown ...

In November 2025, Omid Sarlak, a young man living in western Iran, posted a video on social media showing himself setting fire to a photograph of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Just hours after the ...

Shocking reports reveal that Iran’s detention centers have become a nightmare for women and minors. Human rights organizations report rape, torture, and mass arrests of female and teenage protestors, ...

For more than two weeks, thousands of people in Iran have been protesting against the regime. Security forces have responded with violent crackdowns. According to the human rights organization HRANA, ...