On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, prisoners detained in various Iranian prisons initiated a hunger strike, marking the twelfth week of their protest against the regime’s spree of executions, known as “Tuesdays against Execution.” Prisoners in Qezel Hessar Prison in Karaj, specifically in wards 4, 6, and 8, as well as those in the women’s ward of Evin Prison in Tehran, the Central Prison of Karaj, and the prisons of Naqadeh, Khoy, Mashhad, Khorram Abad, and Saqqez, participated in the hunger strike on Tuesday. There is a growing possibility of widespread implementation of inhumane death sentences by ..read more

More than 250 days since the arrest of political prisoner Varisha Moradi, she is still being held in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison in a state of limbo. Varisha Moradi was summoned to court after more than eight months of detention. On April 9, she appeared at the 15th branch of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, but due to lack of counsel, the hearing on her charges was not held. Ms. Moradi was also not allowed to meet with her lawyer before the trial as planned. It is not clear when the next court session will be held. Varisha Moradi was arrested on August 1, 2023, by security forces in the out ..read more

The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemns the escalated suppression of women under the pretext of combating improper veiling as a desperate effort by the misogynistic regime of the mullahs to quell any potential uprising. It calls upon human rights defenders and women’s rights advocates to denounce the atrocities committed by this regime and to isolate it from the global community. The regime’s oppressive measures against women, which have reached unprecedented levels of violence since Saturday, April 13, were spurred by Khamenei’s directives ten day ..read more

Political prisoner Nejat Anvar Hamidi Karoun, a supporter of the PMOI (People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran), is suffering from severe heart disease while detained in Sepidar Prison, Ahvaz. According to specialists, she needs surgery. However, despite repeated requests from her family, prison authorities have refused to send her to a hospital. In addition to her heart condition, Mrs. Anvar Hamidi has been losing her eyesight in detention. Nejat Anvar Hamidi, a 68-year-old teacher from Abadan with four children, has been in prison since 2019. She was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Branch ..read more

Radka Maxova, MEP from the Czech Republic, is the Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality. She organized a conference at the European Parliament in Brussels on April 9, 2024, entitled, “Championing Change: Supporting the Journey of Iranian Women.” Ms. Radka Maxova opened the conference with the following remarks: Madam President-elect, dear colleagues, Welcome to today’s meeting. Thank you for joining us for a timely discussion on what the EU and we in this parliament should do to support the brave women and girls in Iran who are protesting for t ..read more

Dina Ghalibaf, a political science undergraduate student of the Melli University of Iran (known as Beheshti), was arrested at her residence, today, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The arrest takes place after Dina Ghalibaf revealed the brutal treatment of the guidance patrols the day before. It is not yet known what agency detained Dina. Dina Ghalibaf, a journalist, and student activist, wrote in X about her experience of being violently arrested by the guidance patrols in Sadeghieh subway station, yesterday, on April 15, 2024. Dina’s posts in her X account which has been suspended now. “Yesterday in ..read more

On April 9, 2024, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, virtually addressed a conference at the European Parliament entitled, “Championing Change: Supporting the Journey of Iranian Women.” Mrs. Rajavi began her speech by the messages of the combatant Iranian women from inside the country. Following are excerpts of her speech: First, allow me to read the message of resistant female prisoners and protesters in Iran. Their message is, “We, the women imprisoned in Evin, declare with firm belief and without any fear: Khamenei, we will overthrow you ..read more

A 19-year-old woman named Marjan Hajizadeh was executed on Thursday, April 11, 2024, in the Central Prison of Zanjan, Iran. Marjan Hajizadeh and her husband, Esmail Hassaniani, 29, had been sentenced to death on drug related charges. They were arrested and imprisoned three years ago. Marjan Hajizadeh was only 16 years and 4 months old at the time of arrest and detention. Marjan and Esmail were arrested on a motorway in Zanjan. Marjan didn’t know her husband was carrying drugs, and she was innocent. The execution of this young couple has not yet been announced by the official authorities at the ..read more

Atena Farghadani, the famous cartoonist and a former political prisoner, was violently arrested by security forces on Saturday, April 13, 2024, and transferred to the notorious Qarchak Prison for women. In protest to her arbitrary arrest, she refused to accept bail bond. For this reason, security forces took her to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. Her lawyer, Mohammad Moqimi, reported that Atena Farghadani had been badly brutalized at the time of arrest so much that the scars were evident on her face. However, there is no information available on the reason for her apprehension and the charges level ..read more

Iranian nurses held protests to demand their unfulfilled rights. Nurses of Golestan and Baghai hospitals in Ahvaz, capital of southwestern Khuzestan Province, held protest rallies on Saturday, April 13, 2024, protesting forced overtime work, unpaid wages, and changes to tariff laws. Golestan Hospital, Ahvaz The healthcare workers in Bagh-e Malek, Khuzestan Province, also held a rally outside the Governor’s Office on Saturday, April 13, 2024, protesting lack of accurate tariff laws, failure to pay bonuses, and forced overtime work. Healthcare workers, Bagh-e Malek Iranian nurses also held prote ..read more