During Ramadan, the women’s ward of Sanandaj Prison, known as the Correctional and Training Center, receives only one meal per day. Female prisoners have suffered serious physical and psychological problems as a result of the deliberate starvation during Ramadan.

 

Women in Kermanshah province who were formerly housed in Kermanshah’s Dieselabad Prison have been transferred to the Kermanshah Correctional Center. The transfer was made by Kermanshah jail officials due to the expansion of Dieselabad Prison for male inmates. More than 150 inmates are confined in the Kermanshah Correctional Center’s women’s wing without regard for the separation of offenses principle. Murder, armed robbery, and drug-related accusations have been filed against the detainees.

The Iranian regime’s violence against women is one of its most defining qualities. Iran’s rule, which is dominated by fundamentalist clerics, has turned the country into a nightmare for women who are subjected to all kinds of oppression. Their antiquated rules have resulted in one of the world’s worst misogynistic environments. The dictatorship has been able to carry out any type of repression against women by making the hijab compulsory for women. As a result of the regime’s policies, women are treated as second-class citizens, with just half the rights of men.

 

The regime increased the number of executions and the pressure on political prisoners on the approach of the second anniversary of the November 2019 uprising. Meanwhile, under the guise of enforcing the mandatory Hijab, the regime intensified its persecution of women.