Four men attacked a Kurdish woman in Baneh, Iranian Kurdistan, on August 11.
Afsaneh Ghorbani, 37, was attacked by acid and suffered burns in the back and chest. She is presently hospitalized in Sanandaj Hospital.
Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj-Heydari from the book The Price of Being Human — Part Twenty-Three After enduring more than seven months of imprisonment in the “Cage” ward,...
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On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, marking the 138th week of the No to Executions Tuesdays Campaign, political prisoners across 62 prisons nationwide staged a hunger strike to once...
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September 15, International Day of Democracy, offers a vital moment to evaluate the true benchmarks of freedom, human rights, and popular governance. In any society, the ultimate measure...
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In September 2022, the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini (Jina) in the custody of the clerical regime’s morality police sparked a wave of protests across Iran. Women and...
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The situation of imprisoned women in Iran, ranging from keeping a detainee with three pellets remaining in her head to arresting a 16-year-old teenager on the charge of...
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Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
Introduction Life for the Iranian people under the religious dictatorship is fraught with hardship and peril from every perspective. Whether...
September 15, International Day of Democracy, offers a vital moment to evaluate the true benchmarks of freedom, human rights, and...
The massacre of 1988 remains a secret whose full truth has yet to be revealed. In that massacre, which primarily...
At a critical juncture for the Iranian resistance movement, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) has chosen Mahnaz Maimanat...
We work extensively with Iranian women outside the country and maintain a permanent contact with women inside Iran. The Women’s Committee is actively involved with many women’s rights organizations and NGO’s and the Iranian diaspora.
The committee is a major source of much of the information received from inside Iran with regards to women. Attending UN Human Rights Council meetings and other international or regional conferences on women’s issues and engaging in a relentless battle against the Iranian regime’s misogyny are part of the activities of members and associates of the committee.
