Under the mullahs’ ominous shadow, suicides in Iran reached 41,000 annually
The women’s suicide rate in Iran is the highest in the Middle East On World Suicide...
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Literacy in Iran – women, and girls make up two-thirds of illiterates
Literacy in Iran - women, and girls make up two-thirds of illiterates September 8 marks International...
Getting to know the new Women and Family Affairs director in Iran
Ensieh KhazAli became the 13th government’s Women and Family Affairs director under the clerical regime. On...
At least 3 million women toil as underground workers in Iran
Female workers have always been one of the least seen sectors of Iranian society. There are...
1,000 former political prisoners attend the 1988 massacre & genocide conference
More than a thousand former political prisoners and families of the victims of the 1988 massacre...
Mass graves in Iran contain the remains of victims of enforced disappearances
Murderers try to conceal the evidence of crime against humanity International Day of the Victims of...
Listen to the cries of the Iranian people’s Call-for-Justice Movement
The world must listen to the Iranian people’s Call-for-Justice Movement Thousands of Iranians, including the families...
Official statistics on early marriage in Iran, the tip of the iceberg of disaster
Early marriage is not criminalized in Iran – During 9 months, a reported 23,698 children under...
In memory of women victimized by terrorism of the Iranian regime
Women can do a lot to curb regime’s terrorism, threat to world peace and security Over...
Hamid Noury, a perpetrator of the 1988 massacre, tried for crimes against humanity
A Swedish court is investigating the 1988 massacre, this crime against humanity, through the trial of...
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...
Parisa Kamali: “If Today I Stand on the Right Side of History, I Owe It to the PMOI”
Audio message from PMOI political prisoner Parisa Kamali on the anniversary of the founding of the People's Mojahedin Organization of...
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi: We are Generation Z—Anti-Dictatorship, and Opposed to Both the Shah and the Mullahs
Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the...
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...
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.