Nazanin Zahra Salehi
Nazanin Zahra Salehi was killed on January 9, 2026, during popular protests on Keyhanshahr Boulevard in...
The Fallen for Freedom
Ayda Aghili
Ayda Aghili was shot in the head by the regime’s repressive forces in Tehran on January...
Ayda Heydari
Ayda Heydari was killed during nationwide protests in Sadeghieh Square, Tehran on the evening of Thursday,...
Negin Ghadimi
Negin Ghadimi was killed during nationwide protests in Shahsavar after being shot directly with live ammunition...
Zahra Bani Amerian
Zahra Bani Amerian, 48, a mother and a retired employee of Iran’s Social Security Organization, was...
Golaleh Mahmoudi Azar
Golaleh Mahmoudi Azar, 26, from Mahabad, was killed alongside her husband during the nationwide protests in...
Zahra Moradi
Zahra Moradi, a native of the village of Hesar in the city of Bukan, Kurdistan Province,...
Mansoureh Heydari
Mansoureh Heydari was a nurse at the Social Security Hospital in Bushehr. On January 8, 2026,...
Nazli Janparvar
Nazli Janparvar, from Bojnurd, was shot and killed by security forces using live ammunition during protests...
Zahra Bahlouli Pour
An18-year-old woman who sacrificed her life in the 2026 uprising Slain PMOI Resistance Unit member, Zahra...
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.