Mastoureh Ardalan: A Woman’s Voice in Nineteenth-Century Kurdish Historiography
Mastoureh Ardalan(c. 1805–1848) stands as one of the most remarkable intellectual figures of nineteenth-century Iran and...
Famous Women
Fakhr al-Dowleh: The Philanthropic Lady Who Founded Tehran’s Taxi System
Fakhr al-Dowleh, a respected lady of the Qajar and Pahlavi era and mother of former Iranian...
Fatemeh Khatun: From Captivity to the Heart of Mongol Power — The Story of an Influential Iranian Woman
In the mid-thirteenth century, when the Mongol Empire ruled over vast stretches of Asia and Iran,...
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari: The Brave Woman of the Constitutional Revolution and Iran’s Freedom Fighter
Bibi Maryam Bakhtiari (born 1874, died 1937) was one of the pioneering and influential women in...
Touba Azmudeh: Founder of the First Girls’ High School in Iran
Touba Azmudeh (born 1878 – died September 23, 1936) is remembered as one of the most...
Samineh Baghcheban: Pioneer of Deaf Education and Children’s Literature
The passing of Samineh Baghcheban, writer, translator, and one of the founders of deaf education in...
Zandokht Shirazi: The Radical Voice of Iranian Women in the Early 20th Century
Zandokht Shirazi, born Fakhr ol-Molouk (1909–1952), was one of the earliest Iranian journalists, poets, and women’s...
Constitutional Revolution: Telli, A Brave Woman Among the Fighters
In the tumultuous history of Tabriz and the Constitutional Revolution, there are names of women whose...
The First Women Pilots in Iran – Pioneers Who Took to the Skies
The history of Iran is filled with remarkable women who broke barriers, challenged restrictive traditions, and...
Fatemeh Dorrat ol-Ma’ali: Pioneer of Girls’ Education and Prominent Social Activist in Qajar Iran
Fatemeh Dorrat ol-Ma’ali (born 1877) was a distinguished and influential woman of the Qajar era who...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
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...
Mothers Who Gave Their Lives for Freedom during January 2026 Uprising in Iran
Among those killed during the January 2026 uprising in Iran there are mothers whose names stand out—women who took to...
Amid the harshest trials and tribulations, your inspiring voice made my steps more steadfast
A letter from Vahid Bani Amerian to Aziz, the mother of the martyred Rezaeis Ms. Zahra Norouzi, who is known...
Ferdows Mahboubi (Mother Mosanna): 50 Years of Dedication to PMOI
Ferdows Mahboubi (Mother Mosanna), one of the steadfast supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), passed away in...
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.