Parvin Behdarvand
Parvin Behdarvand, a nurse from the southern city of Masjed Soleiman, is among the thousands of...
The Fallen for Freedom
Gity Naziri
My sister Gity was 24 when she was executed in Iran The second and third sequel...
Shirin Alam Hooli, the blossom of the resistance of Iranian Kurdistan
Iran’s history will never forget courageous women such as Shirin Alam Hooli, a Kurdish woman who...
Faezeh Rajabi
Faezeh Rajabi was one of the 36 members of the PMOI/MEK who laid down their lives...
Nastaran Azimi
Nastaran Azimi was one of the 36 members of the PMOI/MEK who laid down their lives...
Mahdiyeh Madadzadeh
Mahdiyeh Madadzadeh was 29 when joined the Resistance movement in Asrhaf, Iraq. She had received her...
Marzieh Pournaghi
Marzieh Pournaghi was one of the 36 members of the PMOI/MEK who laid down their lives...
Fatemeh Massih
Fatemeh Massih was one of the 36 members of the PMOI/MEK who laid down their lives...
Saba Haftbaradaran
Saba Haftbaradaran was born in a Tehran prison in 1982. Her father and mother had been...
Shahnaz Pahlavani
Shahnaz Pahlavani was born in 1961 in Ramhormouz, in southern Iran. She grew up and studied...
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.