In 1942, Dr. Fatemeh Sayyah became Iran’s First Female Professor when she was awarded the chair of Russian Language and Comparative Literature at Tehran University.
Forough Taghipour, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, has been sentenced to an additional one year of discretionary imprisonment amid the Iranian regime’s ongoing judicial and security...
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The Identities of 30 Women Detained in Vakilabad Prison Established Amid the continuing wave of arbitrary arrests carried out by the Iranian regime, families of those killed during...
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On May 10, 2026, the Daily Mail published an interview with Iranian student Shabnam Madadzadeh, a former political prisoner, member of the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization, and human rights...
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As temperatures rise and the critical conditions inside Evin Prison continue, new reports indicate a severe deterioration in sanitary conditions and an increasing spread of insects and vermin...
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Prison Memoirs of Azam Haj Heydari from the Book The Price of Being Human — Part Six In this installment of the prison memoirs of Azam Haj Heydari,...
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Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
Names That Must Not Be Forgotten Iranian women played a central and courageous role in the January 2026 uprising, standing...
On May 10, 2026, the Daily Mail published an interview with Iranian student Shabnam Madadzadeh, a former political prisoner, member...
On the evening of Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Arghavan commercialcomplex in Shahriar County, west of Tehran, became a death...
In the blood-stained annals of the January 2026 uprising, Iran’s healthcare professionals stood witness to a stark battle between human...
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.
