Iran’s Fight for Freedom: Mass Killings, Mass Resistance, and the Role of Women
One Month into an Uprising Under Total Blackout Iran's Fight for Freedom: Mass Killings, Mass Resistance,...
Podcast
Women, Resistance, and the Future of Iran
Welcome to the first podcast of the NCRI Women's Committee in 2026. And it is, quite...
Architects of Resistance: The Women Leading Iran’s Revolution
Architects of Resistance: The Women Leading Iran’s Revolution On this Christmas Eve, our thoughts go to...
State Violence in Iran: Women Face Execution and White Torture
As we approach International Human Rights Day and the final days of the 16 Days of...
Systemic Violence Against Girls in Iran: Laws, Poverty, and Institutional Failure
Systemic Violence Against Girls in Iran: Laws, Poverty, and Institutional Failure
Zahra Shahbaz Tabari: A Death Sentence in Ten Minutes
Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old Iranian political prisoner, has been sentenced to death by Branch 1...
How Gender Parity Became the Engine of the Iranian Opposition movement
Maryam Rajavi’s rise to leadership turned gender parity from an abstract aspiration into the driving framework of Iran’s...
One Woman Executed Every Four Days: Alarming Rise in State Killings in Iran
One Woman Executed Every Four Days: Alarming Rise in State Killings in Iran As the world...
Education Crisis in Iran and the Plight of Girls
Education Crisis in Iran: Each autumn, the start of Iran’s school year should signal hope and...
Iranian Regime’s Execution Spree: Nine Women Hanged in Just Over a Month
In an execution spree, the clerical regime hanged nine women in just over a month in...
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...
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,...
Iranian Women Trapped by War, Poverty, and Domestic Abuse
The war and intensifying economic crises in recent months have exerted the greatest and most direct pressure on Iranian women,...
JINNEWS: An Account of Women Prisoners’ Resistance in Iran Amid Repression and Discrimination
Turkey’s JINNEWS, one of the region’s well-known news outlets covering women’s issues and human rights, published a report on June...
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.