The World’s Record Holder for Executing Women Has Executed Three Women in Three Days
The clerical regime’s Judiciary has executed six women in less than one month Today, May 18,...
Statements
Khamenei’s IRGC Members Sexually Assaulted and Atrociously Murdered Nika Shakarami, 16, during the 2022 Iran Uprising
The NCRI Women’s Committee strongly Condemns this Crime Against Humanity, Calls for International Investigation of this...
Iran: Suppressing women brutally under the guise of combating improper veiling to forestall any potential uprising
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemns the escalated suppression...
Women, Resistance, Freedom – Call by the NCRI Women’s Committee to Iranian Women and Men
Women, Resistance, Freedom Call by the NCRI Women's Committee to the women and men of Iran...
Women’s Committee Condemns the Conviction of 11 Political Prisoners, Including 10 Women, to Long Prison Terms,
Calls for an Investigation into the Suspicious Death of Sara Tabrizi after her Detention by the...
Condemn Iranian Regime Rep’s Participation in CSW68
The NCRI Women’s Committee Strongly Condemns Participation of the Representative of the Mullahs’ Misogynist Regime in...
Urgent Appeal for Immediate Release of Ms. Masoumeh Sanobari, Held in Solitary Confinement for 13 Months
Urgent Appeal for Immediate Release of Ms. Masoumeh Senobari, Held in Solitary Confinement for 13 Months...
The NCRI Women’s Committee Condemns Brutal Verdicts Enforced against Roya Heshmati and Farzaneh Barzekar
The Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran vehemently condemns the flogging of...
In two separate trials, three more years handed down for Maryam Akbari, one of the longest-held female political prisoners
Her sentence extension to 18 years bars her release following the completion of a 15-year term...
Political Prisoners Protest Judicial Authorities’ Entrance to the Women’s Ward of Evin Prison
Imprisoned Women Subjected to Beatings, Communication Restrictions, and Threats of Internal Exile and New Charges On...
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.