Fanatic Group Threatens Poisoning of High School Girls in Iran
A group of extremists in Qom has distributed threatening leaflets, declaring that girls' education is forbidden...
Articles
The endless chain of honor killings and femicide in Iran
The murder yesterday of a young woman who was the mother of a 5-year-old child by...
An Iranian chorus from Zahedan to Munich: Death to the oppressor, No to the Shah, No to the mullahs
Protests surge on Day 155 of the Iran uprising with anti-regime, anti-shah slogans Friday, February 17,...
Dismissal of Professors and Student Protesters: Iranian Regime’s Crackdown on Universities
In recent weeks, there have been numerous reports of the Iranian regime’s dismissal of professors and...
Iranian Girls High Schools: Systematic Poisoning Sparks Outrage and Demands for Action
The serial gas poisoning of students in girls high schools in Qom reached Tehran. At the...
Paris rally unites against dictatorship, stands in solidarity with Iranian people’s pursuit of democracy
Thousands of Iranians, supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), and the opposition...
Iranian women defy four decades of religious dictatorship
Iranian women defy four decades of religious dictatorship. The 1979 revolution in Iran was one of...
Khoy residents remain stranded a week after the earthquake
At least 3 died, and more than 1075 were injured; security forces clamped down on protests...
Brave Iranian women lose their eyes, but their hearts still beat for Iran
Ghazal Ranjkesh: I still haven’t seen the day I “must” see; I know it’s close, very...
Getting to know the 15 young women who are on hunger strike
It turned a week on Monday, January 9, that 15 young women detained in Fardis Prison...
Sign our Statement to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi
Statement Calling for Immediate Action to Halt the Death Sentence of 25-Year-Old Political Prisoner Arghavan Fallahi We express our profound...
The Ineffectiveness of Population Policies in Iran: Economy, Aging, and the Overlooked Rights of Women
Abstract: A compilation of official data, media reports, and disclosures published in April, May, and June 2026 demonstrates that Iran...
Crushed by Design: Structural Crises and Inequitable Policies Push Female-Headed Households to the Edge
Introduction Life for the Iranian people under the religious dictatorship is fraught with hardship and peril from every perspective. Whether...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
Working to Survive: Iranian Women Between Poverty, Exhaustion, and Lack of Labor Protection
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
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.