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Sports Stadiums In Iran Are Women’s Battleground Against A Misogynist Regime Where does FIFA stand? Aug 17, 2019  Iranian women have been struggling to enter sports stadiums for years and have turned them into a  battleground  against the mullahs’ misogynist regime. In recent days, with the  FIFA  warning and setting a deadline for the Iranian regime to allow women to enter the stadiums, the issue has sparked a backlash from government officials and received widespread media coverage. According to a report by Varzesh 3, a state-run website, on August 3, 2019, “The World Football Federation has given the Iranian Federation until August 31, to determine the presence of women in sports stadiums … Dariush Mostafavi, head of the Football Federation’s Professional Licensing Appeals Committee, said: ‘FIFA has given a deadline of August 31, 2019, to determine the presence of women in stadiums and they are very serious about this issue … FIFA says wom...

Fatemeh Amini, Symbol Of Perseverance And Steadfastness Aug 16, 2019 There are people who make up cornerstones on which a long history of resistance is built for millions to follow. There are grim wills that make the enemy fall on its knees and overcome its cruelty and savagery. There are humans that look on to the horizons, calmly sing the beautiful song of life and then become eternal. Fatemeh Amini was one such human being. Fatemeh was born in the city of  Mashhad  (northeastern Iran) to a religious family who was political and progressive. She, too, started her political activities against the Shah’s dictatorship in 1962 when she was studying at Mashhad University’s School of Literature. Soon, she and her friends founded the Association of Progressive Women. Fatemeh graduated from university in 1964 and began teaching in girls’ high schools in Mashhad. At the same time, she tried to familiarize them with social and political issues. In 1970, Fa...

Save the Lives of Women Political Prisoners in Qarchak Prison NCRI Women’s Committee urges dispatch of an international delegation to inspect Iranian prisons and visit political prisoners Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran NCRI - Aug. 2, 2019  - The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, NCRI, strongly condemns the brutal battering of four women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The NCRI Women’s Committee draws the attention of international organizations defending human rights and women’s rights to the drastic conditions of political prisoners, particularly women, calling for urgent action to secure their release. Monday, July 29, 2019, four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison of Varamin, were badly beaten up by common criminals incited by prison authorities and dispensary officials. One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition. Previous ...

Save Lives of Women Political Prisoners in Qarchak Prison Published on  02 August 2019 . NCRI Women’s Committee urges dispatch of an international delegation to inspect Iranian prisons and visit political prisoners The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemns the brutal battering of four women political prisoners in Qarchak Prison in Varamin. The NCRI Women’s Committee draws the attention of international organizations defending human rights and women’s rights to the drastic conditions of political prisoners, particularly women, calling for urgent action to secure their release. Monday, July 29, 2019, four political prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison of Varamin, were badly beaten up by common criminals incited by prison authorities and dispensary officials. One of the victims was reportedly in critical condition. Previous reports on July 6 and July 18 contained references to the beating of political prisoners ...

70 Female Cyclists Arrested in Iran Written by  Mohammad Sadat Khansari  on  01 August 2019 . Seventy female cyclists were arrested in Tehran’s Vali-Asr Square for breaking the Regime’s mandatory hijab laws, according to Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Ismaeli on Tuesday. He didn’t say anything about the timing of the arrests, only saying that the women had broken the rules of “chastity and hijab”. Previously, Massoumeh Ebtekar, a deputy in family and women’s affairs ministry, had earlier  said  that there were “no rules in Iran which could prevent women from riding bicycles”. Presumably, she meant that women would have to wear the mandatory dress code – a head-to-toe black veil called “chador” –while riding, which would be impossible. It should be noted that 70% of Iranian women do not believe in the forced veil, which is according to research done last July by the Office of Cultural Studies of the Research Center in the mullahs’ parliament. Gi...

Iran student activist arrested, jailed Iranian student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh was arrested for participating in a peaceful demonstration Reported by PMOI/MEK Iran, Aug. 1, 2019  -  A university student activist is reported to have been arrested in her house and sent to the notorious Evin Prison in Tehran, according to the Harana website. Ms. Leila Hossainzadeh, a student of anthropology, was arrested on July 28 by agents of the regime’s notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security ( MOIS ), for taking part in a peaceful student protest last year. On June 24, she was sentenced by Tehran’s appeals court to two and a half years of imprisonment along with hard labor, and two more years of probation and being barred from traveling outside the country. Ms. Hosseinzadeh, who served as the secretary of Tehran University students’ central council, was arrested during the nationwide uprisings in 2018. She was later released on bail. On March 7, 2018, H...

https://women.ncr-iran.org/2019/08/01/zahra-akbari-nejad-dorcheh-wife-of-political-prisoner-arrested/ Zahra Akbari-Nejad Dorcheh, Wife Of Political Prisoner, Arrested Evin prison Aug 1, 2019 Zahra Akbari-Nejad Dorcheh, the wife of political prisoner Abolghassem Fouladvand, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. On July 23, 2019, Ministry of Intelligence agents attacked the house of political prisoner Abolghassem Fouladvand without obtaining any warrants and arrested his wife, Zahra Akbari-Nejad Dorcheh. 48 hours after her arrest, in a brief and controlled telephone call to her relatives, Mrs. Akbari-Nejad Dorcheh announced that she is being held in Ward 4 of Evin Prison. Mrs. Zahra Akbari-Nejad Dorcheh, 49, has a number of illnesses, including heart disease. She is also under anticonvulsant treatment.  Abolghassem Fouladvand  is a supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran ( PMOI /MEK), who has been in prison ...

Tehran Student Begins Prison Sentence for Peaceful Activism Written by  Hamideh Taati  on  31 July 2019 . A student at the University of Tehran was arrested by the Iranian regime’s intelligence forces on Sunday, July 28, and taken to the notorious Evin Prison to begin her sentence for peaceful activism during last year’s protests. Leila Hosseinzadeh, an anthropology student, had her sentence of two and a half years in prison and a two-year foreign travel ban  upheld  by the Tehran Province Appeals Court on June 24. Hosseinzadeh, who served as the secretary of Tehran University students’ central council, was arrested during the nationwide uprisings in 2018 but was released on bail. She was previously sentenced to six years in prison and a two-year ban on leaving the country by Branch 26 of the Court of Tehran on March 7, 2018. Her trial began on October 22, 2018, and her revision hearing was held on May 14. Then, on Monday, June 24, Branch 36 of T...

New Report on Women's Rights in Iran Written by  Mansoureh Galestan  on  30 July 2019 . The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has published a new report looking in women’s rights in Iran, specifically the clerical regime’s violations of those rights and the brave activists fighting for those rights. The report,  entitled  “A Glance At Women’s Rights In Iran Under The Mullahs’ Rule”, was published earlier this month and looks into the rights of women across all sectors in Iran. The Women’s Committee said that a reliable measure for freedom in any society is to look at the situation of women, explaining that the initial crackdown on women’s rights by regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini was a “prelude to absolute suppression of everyone’s rights and freedoms in Iran”. This discrimination against women began in the mullah’s Constitution and soon made its way into all penal and civil codes, which meant that women were “...

Women pray for Iranian soldiers killed during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war at the Imamzadeh Saleh shrine in Tehran on August 2, 2017. (Reuters) By Reza Shafiee, Special to Al Arabiya English Saturday, 30 December 2017 Text size  A   A   A Every year, the day November 25 comes as a grim reminder that we have a long way to go for achieving gender parity. There are still many countries in the world where women cannot fully exercise the right to shape their own destiny. Violence against women is another detestable vestige of the most patriarchal societies inherited by our generation. It may seem that we have come a long way since the Dark Ages, but there are still some countries in the world that have made little progress in according equal rights to women and men. There is even a country where misogyny is the order of the day and where women have no legal rights. It may come as a shock to many, but Iran continues to run in this way. The Ir...