Mehrnoush Esfandiari
Mehrnoush Esfandiari, a 32-year-old mother from Gazanak, Mazandaran Province, was martyred during the nationwide uprising in...
Fallen Heroes of Iran Uprisings
Zeinab Moayyedi (Mahboubeh)
Zeinab Moayyedi, known fondly as "Mahboubeh" by her family, was born in 1998 and lived in...
Shiva Bordbar Javid
Shiva Bordbar Javid was one of the young protesters who participated in the nationwide uprising in...
Fatemeh Alizadeh
Fatemeh Alizadeh, 28, was a resident of Hashtpar (Talesh) in Gilan Province, northern Iran. During the...
Sahar Bayat
Sahar Bayat was killed on January 8, 2026, when she was targeted by the regime’s security...
Saba Negahban
Saba Negahban, known as "Venus," was killed on Friday, January 9, 2026, by direct fire from...
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.