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...
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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...
Female Fans at Sahand Stadium in Tabriz: “Azerbaijan Has Honor; Pahlavi Is Dishonorable”
On Thursday, December 18, 2025, during a football match at Sahand Stadium in Tabriz, the presence...
State Violence and Torture Against Women Political Prisoners in Iran: Medical Denial and an Engineered Health Crisis
As the two-week global campaign to end violence against women concludes, and on the International Human...
Execution of Women in Iran Soars: 70% Increase in Just One Year
Execution, the regime’s tool for intimidating a discontented society Execution of Women in Iran: A State-Sponsored...
55% of Child Abuse Cases in Iran Involve Young Girls
A Disturbing Rise in Child Abuse and the Vulnerability of Young Girls A largely overlooked aspect...
Child Marriage in Iran: An Institutionalized Violence Against the Girl Child
Child marriage in Iran remains legal and widespread. The forced and early marriage of girls is...
Safe Shelters: The Deep Gap Between the Reality of Domestic Violence and Support Services for Abused Women in Iran
Safe Shelters in Iran are temporary passages that, although seemingly symbols of refuge and support, in...
The Devastated Economy and Explosive Poverty: Key Drivers of Domestic Violence
Explosive poverty and the collapse of people’s livelihoods—resulting from an exhausted and devastated economy caused by...
Iranian Children, Victims of Poverty, Discrimination, and a Child-Killing Regime
World Children’s Day is meant to be a moment to reflect on the future of children,...
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.