The Head of the Prisons Organization of Iran, Asghar Jahangir, told a Judiciary meeting that “25 percent of women prisoners are in jail on drug related charges.” (The state-run ILNA news agency – August 9, 2017)
Amid the continuing wave of arrests following nationwide protests in Iran, reports indicate the arrest and ongoing enforced disappearance of four sisters in Tehran. Weeks after their detention,...
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Mona Esmi, a native of Rasht, was killed on January 8, 2026, during the nationwide uprising, after being struck in the heart by live ammunition fired by the...
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Nastaran Zare’ Manesh, a resident of Tehran, was killed on January 8, 2026, during nationwide popular protests in the Naziabad district of the capital, after being directly shot...
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In the aftermath of the nationwide protests of January 2026 in Iran, the clerical regime turned hospitals into instruments of repression and killing: deliberately cutting off ventilators, blocking...
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On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, medical students at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences continued their protest sit-in for a fourth consecutive day, despite a heavy security presence and...
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Names That Must Not Be Forgotten Iranian women played a central and courageous role in the January 2026 uprising, standing...
More than 400 prominent women from across the globe, among them Nobel Prize winners, former presidents and prime ministers, parliamentarians,...
How Iranian Women Shoulder the Heavy Burden of a Deepening Crisis Download Italian Version The water crisis in Iran has...
In the aftermath of the nationwide protests of January 2026 in Iran, the clerical regime turned hospitals into instruments of...
A Life of Endurance, Courage, and Unyielding Faith in Freedom Saltanat Ramim, known to all as Mother Hajar, passed away...
Qarchak Prison has once again become one of the primary detention centers for women protesters arrested in Tehran According to...
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.
