Maryam Akbari Receives Additional Three-Year Sentence in Two Separate Trials, Extending her Detention as one of the Longest-Held Female Political Prisoners
On January 1, 2024, the Women’s Committee of The National Council of Resistance of Iran declared that Maryam Akbari Monfared, one of the longest-held female political prisoners in Iran, has been handed an additional three years in two separate trials. This sentence extension, totaling 18 years, impedes her release after completing a 15-year term.
Reyhaneh Jabbari Remembered for Her Bravery on the 7th Anniversary of Her Execution in Iran
October 25 marks the 7th anniversary of the death of Reyhaneh Jabbari who was executed by hanging following seven years of being imprisoned in Iran. Since her death, she has become a symbol for innocent women unlawfully sentenced to death, and brave women who wish to fight for their rights against the brutal Iranian regime. […]
Iranian Girls Are the Main Victims of the Regime’s Misogynistic Discrimination
October 11 marks the United Nations’ International Day of the Girl Child, the day of observation is used to raise awareness of gender inequality and provide more opportunities for young girls around the world. At the same time, young girls in Iran are the ones most at victim from the Iranian regime’s misogynistic ideologies. The […]
Families of Victims and Witnesses of the 1988 Massacre in Iran Are Seeking Justice
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Women Committee reported that a number of former political prisoners, witnesses of the 1988 massacre, and families of the victims made speeches in a gathering outside the Court of Stockholm back in August, where Hamid Noury, one of the massacre perpetrators, is currently on trial for his […]
Witnesses and Families of the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran Demand Justice
The National Council of Resistance (NCRI) Women Committee reported on September 19 that as the trial of Iranian regime official, Hamid Noury was ongoing at a court in Stockholm, Sweden last week for his involvement in the 1988 massacre, witnesses and the families of massacre victims held rallies near the courthouse and around the world, […]
Maryam Akbari Monfared Faced Ill Treatment for Seeking Truth and Justice in Iran’s Regime Prison
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Women Committee reported recently that Amnesty International had posted a tweet about how bad conditions were for women being detained in Semnan prison, as well as detailing how one prisoner at the prison, Maryam Akbari Monfared, was receiving ill-treatment for seeking the truth and justice for her […]
Iran: NCRI Women’s Committee: Raisi Must Be Prosecuted
The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has used the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26) to urge the international community to seek justice for Iranian torture and execution victims, as well as to bring new president Ebrahim Raisi to justice for his role in various […]
Iran: NCRI Provides Report on Women Situation
The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has produced a report on the situation of Iranian women under the mullahs over the past six years and is presenting it to the United Nations’ Beijing+25 Forum. Report to the UN Beijing+25 Forum It is an update of the report that the […]
Iran’s Regime Executed 118th Woman Under Rouhani
The Iranian regime hanged a woman and her husband in Qazvin Central Prison at dawn on Sunday, 30 May 2021, bringing the total number of women executed during the presidency of Hassan Rouhani to 118; an average of 15 per year over the past eight years. The couple were identified by their last name – […]
Women’s Committee of Iran NCRI Condemned the Membership of the Misogynous Mullahs’ Regime in the UN Commission on the Status of Women(CSW)
The misogynous clerical regime’s CSW membership is a disgrace The misogynous clerical regime’s CSW membership is a disgrace that the international community needs to strongly condemn Membership of the mullahs’ misogynous religious fascism in the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a step against women’s rights and human rights. The measure flagrantly […]
