Ghazaleh Ghasemi
Ghazaleh Ghasemi, only 26 years old, was tragically killed by the Iranian regime's security forces during...
The Fallen for Freedom
Sarina Shiri
A Leader of the Student Movement Sarina Shiri, a 19-year-old young woman from Javanrud in western...
Zoleikha Tar Zehi
Zoleikha Tar Zehi was born in 1934 to Ghol Mohammad, an Afghan national. She had been...
Hasti Narouii
A Young Life Cut Short by Brutal Crackdown Hasti Narouii was born on October 8, 2015....
Lina Namvar
A Tragic End to the Prolific Life of a Young Athlete Who Pursued Freedom and Justice...
Hedieh Naeimani
The Life Silenced by a Bullet, Leaving Behind a Legacy of Courage Hedieh Naeimani, a 25-year-old...
Bahar Khorshidi
A Life Taken Too Soon in the Fight for Freedom Bahar (Roghayeh) Khorshidi, born on December...
Mahsa Mogouii
A Champion Silenced by the Regime Mahsa Mogouii, an exceptional athlete with over 100 medals in...
Shirin Alizadeh Khansari
Shirin Alizadeh, born on August 16, 1986, in Isfahan, a central city in Iran, was married...
Setareh Tajik
Setareh Tajik, born on November 19, 2004, in Tehran, was a young Afghan-Iranian girl who loved...
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.