Mehrnoush Esfandiari, a 32-year-old mother from Gazanak, Mazandaran Province, was martyred during the nationwide uprising in January 2026. On January 8, 2026, while participating in protests in the Afsariyeh district of Tehran, Mehrnoush was shot from behind by the regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces, with the bullet striking her in the neck. Mehrnoush […]
An Iranian court has sentenced a classical female singer to four years in prison simply for performing poetry. On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Hiva Seyfizadeh announced in a video message that a preliminary court handed down the four-year sentence under the regime’s fabricated charge of “encouraging corruption and prostitution.” Protesting this oppressive verdict, the female […]
At dawn on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, the death sentence of a 20-year-old woman named Donya Mohammadi, from Eyvan-e Gharb County, was carried out in Ilam Central Prison. Donya Mohammadi was arrested two years ago, at age 18, on murder charges and ultimately sentenced to qisas (retribution in kind) by the judiciary. At the time […]
Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj-Heydari from the book The Price of Being Human — Part Nineteen In this nineteenth installment of Azam Haj-Heydari’s prison memoirs, published in The Price of Being Human, she continues recounting her bitter experiences during the seven and a half months she spent in the Cage Ward, where she was subjected […]
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial backlogs, severe staffing shortages, and widespread labor discontent. Reports from state-run media show that this crisis extends far beyond hospitals and specialized wards, engulfing primary care networks and healthcare personnel across the nation—a situation directly…
Nasrin Shahrabi Farahani, a prominent member of the Central Council of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), a former commander in the National Liberation Army of Iran (NLA), and a longtime member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), passed away on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, in London following a period of […]
Zeinab Moayyedi, known fondly as “Mahboubeh” by her family, was born in 1998 and lived in Shaft, Gilan Province in northern Iran. She was martyred on the evening of Thursday, January 8, 2026, after being shot by the regime’s suppressive forces during the nationwide uprising in Shaft. On that evening, while returning home with her […]
On the 134th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign, political prisoners across 60 prisons nationwide went on a hunger strike on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, once again declaring their firm opposition to the continuous issuance and execution of death sentences. In this struggle, women political prisoners in various women’s wards play a vital […]
A member of the clerical regime’s parliament, in a recent interview with a state-run media outlet, insultingly used the phrase “went to hell” to refer to the state murder of Jina Mahsa Amini. Jina Mahsa Amini is a young woman who was arrested on September 13, 2022, by the regime’s Guidance Patrol (Morality Police) and […]
PMOI Declares Readiness to Pay for Necessary Repairs in the Prison, Based on Figures Certified by Prisoners Female prisoners in Karaj’s Fardis Prison are exposed to various infectious diseases due to extremely dire sanitary conditions caused by sewage overflowing in the recreation courtyard of Ward 1. In the summer heat, and amidst illnesses exacerbated by […]