Parastou Namavar
Parastou Namavar was fatally shot by Iranian regime forces on the evening of January 9, 2026,...
The Fallen for Freedom
Dina Malek
Dina Malek, a 20-year-old woman, was fatally shot by Iranian security forces during the nationwide protests...
Setareh Rafiei
Setareh Rafiei was born on June 11, 2006. On January 9, 2026, amid the nationwide protests,...
Elham Zeinali
A Compassionate Nurse and the Pillar of Her Family Elham Zeinali, a 42-year-old nurse, lost her...
The Unbroken Smile: How a Former Airline Executive Became the Vanguard of the Iranian Resistance
Kobra Mokhtar, known to her comrades Sara Mokhtar, lived a life defined by an uncompromising pursuit...
Shilan Salehi: Iran Regime Extorted 150 Million Tomans for Return of Her Body
Shilan Salehi, a university student originally from the city of Baneh, Kurdistan Province, was pursuing her...
Parnia Shad Bejarkenari: 23-Year-Old Woman Killed for Freedom in Iran
Parnia Shad Bejarkenari, a 23-year-old Iranian woman, was fatally shot by state security forces on January...
Nasim Pouraghaei
Nasim Pouraghaei was killed on the evening of January 8, 2026, in Tehran’s Sadeghieh district during...
Setayesh Shafiei, The Girl Who Was the Sun
Setayesh Shafiei was killed on the evening of January 8, 2026, during nationwide protests in Tehran,...
White-Clad in the Line of Fire: Samin Rostami
Samin Rostami was killed during the nationwide protests on January 8, 2026, in the Mehrshahr area...
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.