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)
Reports from Evin Prison point to a sharp increase in pressure on political detainees, particularly imprisoned women held in the women’s ward. According to these accounts, the prison’s...
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The mutilated and charred body of 9-year-old girl, identified as Fatemeh Zahra Hosseinbar, was discovered four days after she was abducted in the city of Gasht, a district...
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Fatemeh Abbasi, a 34-year-old mother and one of the thousands detained during the January 2026 Iran protests, has been transferred to Evin Prison. After being arrested alongside her...
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The Iranian judiciary has sentenced two women to a combined total of seven years in prison and 74 lashes following their involvement in the January 2026 Iran protests....
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Amid a growing wave of arrests targeting women and teenage girls across multiple Iranian cities, numerous reports have emerged detailing the manner of detention, conditions of confinement, and...
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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...
Amid a growing wave of arrests targeting women and teenage girls across multiple Iranian cities, numerous reports have emerged detailing...
Following an intensified crackdown amid the recent war, multiple reports indicate a sharp rise in arrests across Iran, with women...
Among those killed during the January 2026 uprising in Iran there are mothers whose names stand out—women who took 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.
