Nighttime Interrogations Meant to Break the Spirit
Memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad from “The Last Laughter of Leila”— Part Eleven In the previous part,...
Heroines in Chain
Mother Abi: Faces of Resilient Women in Captivity
Memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad from “The Last Laughter of Leila”— Part Ten In the previous section,...
The Spirit of Resistance in the Lines of Our Letters
Memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad from “The Last Laughter of Leila”— Part Nine In the previous part,...
Innocent Children Behind Bars
Memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad from “The Last Laughter of Leila”— Part Eight In the previous part,...
Heroism of PMOI Women and Crimes of the Jailers
Memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad from “The Last Laughter of Leila” – Part Seven In the previous...
Farewell to Asef and her comrades on death row
From the memoir “The Last Laughter of Leila” by Mehri Hajinejad – Part six In this...
Simin Hozhabr, Unbroken in the Face of Torture
From the memoir “The Last Laughter of Leila” by Mehri Hajinejad– Part Five In this part...
Leila’s Final Smile
Prison Memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad – Part Four In the previous three parts of Mehri Hajinejad’s...
Entering the Ward: Atiyeh Moharrer Khansari, a Fighter from an Affluent Family
Memoirs of Mehri Hajinejad from “The Last Laughter of Leila” – Part Three In part two...
Interrogation in Evin Prison
From the memoir “The Last Laughter of Leila” by Mehri Hajinejad– Part Two In the first...
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...
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...
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...
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.