Ms. Tahereh Zia’ii was arrested in the morning of Tuesday, October 20, 2015, in front of her house in Isfahan. She was subsequently taken to the prison of Yazd (central Iranian province).
Ms. Zia’ii had been previously arrested in April 2014 along with 19 other Baha’is.
Baha’ism is considered an illegal faith in Iran and its adherents are deprived of their rights to education, employment and practice of their faith.
In a fresh wave of regressive reforms, the Iranian regime has significantly tightened the conditions for women’s retirement under the amended Social Security Law. According to a report...
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Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan “Kathy” (born October 3, 1951) stands as a towering figure in science and exploration. As the first American woman to walk in space and the first person...
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Women’s economic participation in Iran has declined to its lowest point in the past three years. According to official statistics, only 13.1% of Iranian women were economically active...
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Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (October 8, 1892 –August 31, 1941) was a seminal Russian poet, playwright, and diarist, whose powerful verse captured the emotional turmoil and political upheaval of...
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On the evening of Friday, July 11, 2025, Fatemeh Mohammad-Zehi, a 50-year-old Baloch woman, was killed during an armed assault on her home in the village of Kohan-Karim,...
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Widowed Women in Iran, Alone and Oppressed in the Shadow of Discrimination In the Iranian legal system, where gender-based discrimination...
Marking the International Labor Day 2025 Female workers in Iran, with calloused hands and exhausted bodies, carry the burden of...
In a powerful statement of unity, 651 prominent women leaders, including former heads of state, ministers, jurists, and human rights...
In a fresh wave of regressive reforms, the Iranian regime has significantly tightened the conditions for women’s retirement under the...
Women Political prisoners recently transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak Prison in Varamin are being held under dire, inhumane, and...
On the anniversary of the student uprising in Iran on July 9, 1999, we pay tribute to the young women...
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.
