Noor ol-Hoda Mangeneh: The Voice of Iranian Women in an Era of Transformation
Noor ol-Hoda Mangeneh, widely known by her cultural title Monir al-Saltaneh, was one of the prominent...
Famous Women
Fakhrozma Arghun: The Woman Who Wrote the Future with Her Pen, Her Classroom, and Her Courage
At a time when women’s voices were drowned out in a male-dominated society, Fakhrozma Arghun stepped...
Mohtaram Eskandari: Iran’s First Female Political Prisoner and Trailblazer for Women’s Rights
Mohtaram Eskandari was a fearless pioneer of Iran’s early women’s movement, whose legacy continues to inspire...
Mahrokh Goharshenas: A Pioneer of Girls’ Education in Iran
Mahrokh Goharshenas (1872–1938) was one of the foremost pioneers of girls’ education in Iran. In an...
Astevick Davitian: Daughter of Yeprem Khan and the Voice of Iran’s Revolutionary Women
Astevick Davitian was the courageous daughter of Yeprem Khan, the legendary Armenian commander who played a...
Mahasti Ganjavi: The Voice of a Persian Woman Poet Ahead of Her Time
In the heart of the 12th century, when women's voices were often muted by tradition and...
Zeinab Pasha: The Fearless Heroine of the Tobacco Protest Movement
Zeinab Pasha (d. 1892) stands as one of Iran’s most courageous and influential female revolutionaries, a...
Infinite Horizons: The Brilliant Life and Legacy of Maryam Mirzakhani
The Brilliant Life and Legacy of Maryam Mirzakhani Maryam Mirzakhani was not just a mathematician —...
Parvin Nourivand: A Golden Voice from the Era of Flowers
Few voices linger in the history of Iranian music, not just in the ears but in...
Marzieh, Legendary Diva of Persian Traditional Music
Ashraf os-Sadat Mortezaii (March 22, 1924 – October 13, 2010), known professionally as Marzieh, was a...
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...
The 1988 Massacre: The Greatest Unpunished Crime Against Humanity
The Glorious Epic of Resistance by PMOI Women in the Anti-Human Clerical Regime's Prisons The massacre of over 30,000 political...
The Hidden Victimization and Exploitation of Widows in Iran
Exploitation of widows in Iran Introduction: The survival of the mullahs' regime rests on two fundamental pillars: overt suppression in...
Widows in Iran: An Analysis of Legal Challenges and the Structure of Discrimination
Introduction: In the political and legal structure governing Iran, misogyny and gender discrimination have been institutionalized as a fundamental principle,...
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.