“Mahsa Amini,” a 22-year-old Kurdish girl from Saqqez, lost her life after being arrested by the Basij forces. She and her brother had traveled to Tehran, and on September 15, 2022, she was detained near Shahid Haghani metro station. After being transferred to the Basij’s “moral-educational” class, she was taken to the hospital due to […]...

The controversial plan to eliminate mandatory prenatal screening was approved by the Islamic Consultative Assembly in July of this year and was sent to the Guardian Council for review, despite being initially rejected by Hossein-Ali Shahriari, the head of the Parliament’s Health Commission. This plan was passed as part of the “Youth and Family Support” […]...