Acid attack against four Kurdish women during Ramadan
Once again four Kurdish women and young girls in Bukan (West Azerbaijan Province in northwestern Iran)...
Statements
Iran: Ratcheting up repressive policies against women and gender discrimination
Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance urges women and freedom-loving youth of Iran to...
Iran: Execution of two women prisoners in Gharchak Prison
The Iranian regime’s henchmen executed two women prisoners on May 30 in Gharchak Prison in Varamin....
NCRI Women’s Committee calls for immediate release of Narges Mohammadi
Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran:Narges Mohammadi, a human rights activist went...
Women in Sanandaj and Esfahan protest the death of Farinaz Khosravani
In an act to support the valiant uprising of the people of Mahabad, a number of...
NCRI Women’s Committee: Call on human and women’s rights agencies to secure swift release of Ms. Narges Mohammadi
Clerical regime’s intelligence elements raided the home of journalist and human rights activist Ms. Narges Mohammadi...
NCRI Women’s Committee condemns the clerical regime’s membership in the board of UN Women
The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran condemns the misogynist clerical regime’s...
Iran: Basij elements injure at least six women with knife strokes
On the verge of the Student Day in Iran on December 7, the criminal Basij elements...
Iran: Mullahs’ regime acknowledges 3000 women in Tehran sleep in streets
In a shocking statistics, Rahmatollah Hafezi, an official of Tehran Municipality, acknowledged that there are 3000...
Iran: Acid attacks continue, a 24-year-old woman in Isfahan targeted
On Friday night, 24 October , criminal gangs affiliated with the clerical regime attacked a 24...
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.