A female prisoner, Hajar Safari of Tabriz Central Prison’s women’s ward was executed in the courtyard with three other prisoners on 12 November.
On the morning of Tuesday, June 24, 2025, Tal’at Sabzi, a 47-year-old female prisoner, was executed along with another prisoner in Qom Central Prison. Tal’at Sabzi had been...
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June 20 marks the beginning of the Iranian people's resistance for freedom and democracy in 1981. Iran’s women pioneer their people's movement against the mullahs' religious dictatorship. Generation...
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In the early hours of Sunday, June 1, 2025, Masoumeh Karbakhsh, a prisoner convicted of drug-related charges, was executed in Shahab Prison in Kerman. Masoumeh Karbakhsh, 39, was...
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Protests against the death penalty apread across 22 cities in Iran. This coordinated action took place on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, amid a wave of protests in 22...
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women prisoners: In the 70th week of the nationwide campaign “No to Execution Tuesdays” political prisoners in the women’s ward of Evin Prison raised their voices in solidarity...
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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...
On the anniversary of the student uprising in Iran on July 9, 1999, we pay tribute to the young women...
Widespread Refusal by Notary Offices Exposes Institutionalized Misogyny in Iran In Iran, a woman’s right to initiate divorce is not...
Qarchak Prison in Varamin, known as the largest women’s prison in Iran, has become a symbol of systemic human rights...
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.
