Due to the severe disfigurement of her face caused by the gunfire, her family was unable to see her face one last time or bid her farewell, denied even the most basic human dignity in mourning.
Sahar was 26 years old, a language instructor, and the only child in her family.
A 24-year-old woman and victim of forced marriage has been executed in Tabriz Central Prison. Hanifeh Avandi, a 24-year-old Turk woman from Tabriz, was executed on Sunday, April...
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Through the deeply moving story of the Ebrahimpour family, Massoumeh Raouf delivers, with Ô Mères d’Iran (O Mothers of Iran), a masterful work that transforms grief into an...
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Female Inmates Join Week 118 of Hunger Strike Despite Threats The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign has announced that, in its 118th consecutive week, prisoners in 56 facilities...
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Iran regime has sentenced Maryam Hodavand, a 45-year-old political prisoner held in women’s ward of Evin Prison, to death for her involvement in the January 2026 nationwide protests.She has...
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Protests by healthcare workers in Yazd, the capital of a key central province in Iran, entered a second consecutive day on Saturday, April 25. Employees of the provincial...
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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...
Through the deeply moving story of the Ebrahimpour family, Massoumeh Raouf delivers, with Ô Mères d’Iran (O Mothers of Iran),...
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...
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.
