When Mercy Becomes a Crime: Executions and the Silencing of Iran’s Women

L’exil numérique et la défiance des lycéens iraniens (Français)

Bienvenue dans un nouvel épisode des podcasts du comité des femmes du Conseil national de la résistance iranienne. Aujourd'hui, on se penche sur des événements vraiment frappants de ce début de mois de juin 2026. Oui, on parle d'un soulèvement massif mené par la génération Z [https://wncri.org/fr/2026/06/07/lyceens-iraniens-generation-z/] qui touche actuellement plus d'une vingtaine de villes [https://wncri.org/fr/2026/06/03/manifestations-en-iran-etudiants/] iraniennes. Exactement et ce qui est fascinant, si on peut dire, c'est le déclencheur de tout ça, une simple réforme d'examen. Le fameux concours oui, l'examen d'entrée à l'université.   C'est ça, en fait ils ont intégré un système de contrôle continu, ce qu'on appelle le JPA. Pour donner une image, c'est un peu comme si on changeait les règles d'un marathon à 100 mètres de l'arrivée. Ouais une très bonne analogie. Genre on annonce soudainement que seuls les coureurs qui ont les moyens de s'acheter une marque d'eau de luxe auront le droit de franchir la ligne. C'est tout à fait ça.   Parce que en fait les sources montrent clairement comment cet impact du JPA fonctionne sur le terrain. Ah oui avec les lycées privés c'est ça. Voilà en intégrant les notes accumulées au lycée dans le résultat final, la loi rend l'accès aux tuteurs privés et aux écoles d'élite totalement indispensables. Donc ça favorise ouvertement les familles aisées. Absolument et mathématiquement ça détruit la mobilité sociale des classes populaires. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908986/support]

Nothing Left to Lose: The Digital Exile and Defiance of Iran’s Students

So welcome to today's deep dive where we're inviting you to explore this with us. Our mission today is to unpack these source reports from June 2026, which detail a massive Gen Z uprising [https://wncri.org/2026/06/06/iranian-students-gen-z-gpa/] across more than 20 Iranian cities.  It's incredible. We're looking at how a seemingly bureaucratic change to a university entrance exam, the Konkur, just sparked this nationwide movement [https://wncri.org/2026/06/02/iranian-students-tehran-yazd/] demanding fundamental justice.  Okay. Let's unpack this. The reports say thousands of students are protesting a policy that mandates high school GPAs be a decisive factor in this exam. And, well, factoring in high school grades sounds entirely normal to me. Right. Most universities worldwide look at your GPA.  Exactly. So why is this specific change sparking, like, actual riots in Iran?  Well, what's fascinating here is that it comes down to the mechanics of how grades are actually awarded there. I mean standardized tests, for all their flaws, are at least a uniform metric.  Right? Yeah. Everyone takes the same test.  Exactly. But high school grades in Iran, according to the sources, are highly subjective and completely tied to your resources. So a student in an underfunded rural school might be graded, really harshly.  Oh, I see where this is going.  Yeah. Whereas a wealthy student in an urban center can easily, you know, buy inflated grades through expensive private tutors and well connected private schools. Right. So imposing this GPA mandate is like making everyone run a marathon, but some runners get a paved road while others are forced through a muddy obstacle course.  Yes.  Yet everyone is judged by the exact same stopwatch.  That's a perfect analogy. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908986/support]

Women on the Frontline: The Story of Mahsa Jalilian

Welcome to another episode of podcasts of the Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. This is the brief on the human toll of the January 2026 Iranian uprisings.  We're looking at newly emerged reports detailing the bloody aftermath of the recent protests, revealing how anger over economic inflation actually transformed into a fight for liberation. So, how exactly did a protest about the price of goods turn into a battle for a nation's future? First, let's talk about Mahsa Jalilian [https://wncri.org/2026/05/19/mahsa-jalilian-slain-iran-protesters/]. She was a 30-year-old member of the PMOI Resistance Units, confirmed killed by direct gunfire from Iranian security forces on 01/09/2026, in Islamabad Gharb. You've got to think of her not just as a tragic casualty but as the spark in a powder keg the regime couldn't control anymore. Her death was the focal point of a massive, heavily obscured state crackdown.  Second, we've got to highlight the broader human cost happening amidst these total communications blackouts. The regime literally cut internet access to bury the facts. But resistance sources still confirm the deaths of others during this three-day period, like 35-year-old engineer Mohammad Sadeq Alavinejad, Reza Vaghfiravan, and university student Zahra Bahlouli Pour [https://wncri.org/2026/01/15/zahra-bahlouli-pour-raha-2026-uprising/].  I mean, when a state plunges entire communities into digital darkness, aren't they disproving how completely terrified they are of the truth getting out?  Finally, that truth centers on the tactical leadership of Iranian women. See, they're no longer just participants pushing back against decades of strict laws. They're now the strategists and leaders of organized resistance networks actively targeting state enforcement. What happens when an entire generation of women simply refuses to stay silent anymore?  Behind every headline from Iran is A Life Interrupted, but these women have ensured their sacrifice will be the undeniable foundation of the country's political future. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908986/support]

Horizons infinis : L’héritage de Maryam Mirzakhani (français)

Bienvenue dans un nouvel épisode des podcasts de la commission des femmes du conseil national de la résistance iranienne. C'est assez fascinant d'imaginer quand en cartographiant un univers rempli de surfaces courbes et de miroirs déformants, on puisse en fait sécuriser des données bancaires ou des messages textes C'est complètement fou oui et c'est justement l'énigme au coeur de notre de notre exploration d'aujourd'hui qui se penche sur les sources dédiées à l'esprit brillant de Mariam Mirzarhani [https://wncri.org/fr/2025/09/13/maryam-mirzakhani/]. Exactement. En 2014, elle a quand même bouleversé l'histoire. Ah oui, totalement.   Elle est devenue la toute première femme et la première personne de nationalité iranienne à remporter la médaille Field. Le fameux prix Nobel des mathématiques quoi. Et notre mission aujourd'hui, c'est vraiment d'analyser ces documents pour comprendre non seulement son parcours, mais aussi ce fameux génie dont tout le monde parle. Voilà. Et ce qui ressort direct de nos sources, c'est à quel point elle, elle refusait de voir les maths comme un ensemble de règles froides et rigides.   C'était plutôt une véritable exploratrice pour elle non C'est ça. Née à Téhéran en 1977, son génie brut s'est manifesté très vite. Je veux dire 2 médailles d'or aux olympiades internationales. Dont un score absolument parfait en 95 si je me souviens bien des textes. Un score parfait oui.   Et cette trajectoire fulgurante l'a propulsé vers un doctorat à Harvard sous la direction de Curtis McMullen, lui-même médaillé Fills d'ailleurs, puis vers un poste de professeur à Stoneford en 2008. Alors le dossier mentionne souvent son son fameux théorème de la baguette magique. Les sources expliquent que ça faisait danser les structures abstraites. C'est hyper poétique, mais concrètement en quoi c'est une baguette magique C'est vraiment le coeur de son génie en fait. Dans son domaine, elle étudiait ce qu'on appelle les surfaces de Ryman et les espaces de modules. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908986/support]

Infinite Horizons: The Legacy of Maryam Mirzakhani

Welcome to another episode of podcasts of the Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran. So imagine you were trying to solve a puzzle, but, the pieces are just constantly shifting and twisting around.  Yeah. That sounds like an absolute nightmare.  Right. I mean, for most of us, yes. But for a young girl in Tehran named Maryam Mirzakhani [https://wncri.org/2025/05/12/life-and-legacy-of-maryam-mirzakhani/], that was really just the beginning of a story. So in today's deep dive, we're looking at sources that explore how she completely reshaped our understanding of the infinite.  And proved once and for all that brilliance absolutely knows no gender and no borders. Exactly. Which is such a powerful takeaway. So let's jump right in. Born in Tehran in 1977, she wasn't actually obsessed with numbers at first. Right? No. Not at all. She actually wanted to be a writer. She attended Farzanigan High School and she didn't abandon that creative storytelling mindset. She just sort of, applied it to mathematics instead. Which completely flips how we usually think about the subject. I mean if you're listening right now and picturing a teenager just memorizing rigid formulas, you need to throw that image right out. Oh definitely. She treated numbers and shapes like they were characters in a sprawling novel. She would actually spread these massive sheets of paper out on her floor. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1908986/support]