BBC 100 Women reveals the remarkable true story of three women in a notorious Iranian prison, jailed after protests against the hijab. Despite torture and threats of execution, they continue to fight.

Thousands of women in Iran have been arrested since the start of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement, for protesting for women’s rights.

Evin Prison, in the capital Tehran, is one of the jails where women are sent. Despite torture and threats of execution, they continue to fight for their rights, finding courage and camaraderie in the face of oppression.

Pieced together from multiple reliable accounts, this is the story of life inside these walls, that the world never sees. And three women: Nasim, Rezvaneh, and Vida.

00:00 Intro
01:09 Title
01:38 Nasim is tortured in solitary confinement     
02:56 Resvaneh finds out she is pregnant
04:01 Vida paints the walls of the prison
05:25 Nasim is transferred to the main women’s ward
06:39 Resvaneh dreams of her unborn daughter
07:26 Vida paints the view from the prison window and her fellow inmates 
08:36 Narges brings mischief and joy despite the darkness
09:16 Vida wonders if her activism has been worth it
09:50 The women protest against executions
10:47 Nasim’s sentence is announced
11:28 Resvaneh’s daughter is born
12:09 Audio from prison and information on the women
13:34 End titles