Nashmil Sohrabi was temporarily released on Thursday, February 16, 2017, on a heavy bail bond of 30 million toumans (over $9000).
The young artist had been arrested in Boukan (Iranian Kurdistan) on January 21, 2017, on the charge of cooperating with a dissident Kurdish party and promoting establishment of a Kurdish republic.
In a world still grappling with the duality of atomic power — its promise and its peril — the legacy of Dr. Sameera Moussa stands as a beacon...
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The women’s ward at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad has effectively become an exile camp for female inmates—an environment marred by neglect, suffering, and the complete disregard of human...
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On April 16, 2025, a significant conference titled “The Need for a Correct Policy on Iran” was held at the Italian Parliament. The event saw the participation of...
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Mehrnoush Ebrahimi Roshan, a courageous medical student turned revolutionary, became a powerful symbol of resistance against the Pahlavi regime. Born in 1947 in the village of Roshanabad near...
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On April 15, 2025, Marziyeh Esmaeili, a 39-year-old woman and mother of a young daughter, was executed in Qazvin Central Prison on drug-related charges. She had been convicted...
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In a powerful statement of unity, 651 prominent women leaders, including former heads of state, ministers, jurists, and human rights...
On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) publishes...
As International Women’s Day approaches, the NCRI Women’s Committee proudly presents its Annual Report 2025, offering a comprehensive review of...
The women’s ward at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad has effectively become an exile camp for female inmates—an environment marred by...
In Hot Air, Hollie McKay interviews Aziz Rezaee, a shining star in the struggle of Iranian women under both the...
In the summer of 1988, thousands of political prisoners were secretly executed in prisons across Iran. Among the victims of...
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.
