Iran: Condemn suppressive measures against two Kurdish women, political prisoners
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran condemns the clerical regime's suppressive...
Statements
Iranian women’s struggle to eliminate violence against women is intertwined with the struggle for regime change in Iran
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Women's Committee of the...
Iran: International call to save the life of a 22-year-old woman from execution Prisoner Zeinab Sekanvand was 17 at the time of arrest
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran urges all international human rights...
The NCRI Women’s Committee demands withdrawal of 2017 Women’s World Chess Championship awarded to the Iranian regime
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran strongly condemns awarding the Women's...
Iran: Misogynistic plans and oppressive measures expanded to universities
The mullahs' anti-human regime, on the eve of new academic year, has resorted to new repressive...
Iran: Khamenei issues fatwa banning women from riding bicycles
Ali Khamenei, the mullahs' supreme leader, issued a ridiculous fatwa banning women's bicycling in public and...
Iran: US congressional leader welcomes PMOI’s safe relocation
Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairwoman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, in the US House...
Iran: Sahar Beheshti was released on bail bond
Sahar Beheshti, who had been arrested Friday afternoon along with her husband Mostafa Islami, was released...
Iran: 4,400 clothes shops sealed for violating compulsory dress-code standards
Sajedi Nia, Commander of the State Security Force announced that "more than 4,400 clothes shops were...
Iran: Female political prisoners in Evin barred from correspondence with their families
The misogynic Iranian regime issued a directive prohibiting all correspondence between female prisoners in Evin Prison...
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.