Iran Uprising Enters Day 20 as Resistance Persists Despite Brutal Crackdown
The Iran uprising enters its 20th day on Friday, January 16, 2026, with protests, night-time hit-and-run...
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Why Iran’s Nationwide Uprising Continues Despite Brutal Repression
Uprising Enters 17th Day Across Iran On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Iran’s nationwide uprising entered its...
Nationwide Iran Uprising Expands to 207 Cities; Protesters’ Morale Remains High Despite Bloody Crackdown
On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the nationwide Iran uprising entered its third week, spreading to at...
Internet Shutdown and Suppression Orders: Death Toll Surpasses 3,000
Partial list of women detained during the nationwide uprising The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)...
Iran Nationwide Uprising Spreads to 200 Cities as Violent Crackdown Intensifies
On Saturday night, January 10, 2026, the fourteenth day of Iran’s nationwide uprising, dozens of cities...
Iran Uprising Expands to 173 Cities as Protests Intensify, Marking a New Phase in Popular Revolt
Over Thursday and Friday, January 8–9, 2026, Iran uprising of the Iranian people continued with unabated...
Nationwide Uprising in Iran Enters a New Phase with Active Role of Women
On Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Iran’s nationwide uprising entered a new and decisive phase of confrontation...
Young Women at the Forefront as Iran Protests Expand Across All Provinces
On Sunday, January 4, 2026, the Iranian people’s uprising entered its second week and spread to...
Zahra Tabari’s Death Sentence: International Media Spotlight Global Outcry
As a 67-year-old Iranian engineer and women’s rights activist faces execution for holding a banner reading...
Maryam Akbari Monfared, A Brave Woman Standing Like a Mountain Against All Odds
At midnight on December 29, Maryam Akbari Monfared completed her sixteenth year in prison, at a...
Iranian Women Who Lost Their Lives in Iran’s January 2026 Uprising
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 Demand Halt to Iran Execution of Political Prisoner Zahra Tabari
More than 400 prominent women from across the globe, among them Nobel Prize winners, former presidents and prime ministers, parliamentarians,...
The Gendered Dimensions of the Water Crisis in Iran: Impacts on Women’s Health, Livelihoods, and Security
How Iranian Women Shoulder the Heavy Burden of a Deepening Crisis Download Italian Version The water crisis in Iran has...
Medical Staff Face Ongoing Detention for Treating Uprising Injuries
Amid a continuing crackdown following Iran’s nationwide protests, reports indicate that numerous medical staff and members of the medical community...
Iranians March and Rally in Berlin, Calling for Democracy and Rejecting All Forms of Dictatorship
Iranians March and Rally in Berlin - On Saturday, February 7, 2026, marking the anniversary of the 1979 anti-monarchical revolution,...
Iran: Systematic Crackdown on Doctors and Medical Personnel Following January 2026 Protests
In the aftermath of the nationwide protests of January 2026 in Iran, the clerical regime turned hospitals into instruments 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.