1981-1983: Unequal Struggles
1981-1983: Unequal Struggles Following the events of June 20, 1981, political groups—especially the People’s Mojahedin Organization...
Women in Leadership
1981-1988: Prisons and the Unyielding Struggle
1981-1988: Prisons and the Unyielding Struggle This decade stands as the bloodiest chapter in Iranian history—a...
June 20, 1981: The Day of Martyrs and Political Prisoners
On June 20, 1981, the Iranian people embarked on a righteous resistance—a pivotal moment etched in...
1981: The Mothers’ Protest
1981: The Mothers’ Protest On April 27, 1981, the Muslim Mothers’ Association, staunch supporters of the...
Defying Repression: Iranian Women Join the Opposition Movements (1979-1981)
Defying Repression: Iranian Women in the Opposition Movements (1979-1981) Amidst the tumultuous aftermath of the 1979...
Mandatory Hijab: PMOI Stands Against Imposing the Veil
Mandatory Hijab: PMOI Stands Against Imposing the Veil On March 12, 1979, the People’s Mojahedin Organization...
Challenging Misogynistic Dictatorship in post-Shah Iran
Challenging Misogynistic Dictatorship: Women in post-Shah Iran In the wake of the Shah’s regime collapse in...
Women at the Vanguard: Iran’s 1979 Anti-Monarchy Revolution and the Shah’s Downfall
Women at the Vanguard: Iran’s 1979 Anti-Monarchy Revolution and the Shah’s Downfall In the tumultuous 1960s...
Empowering Women in Iran: The Struggle for National Sovereignty (1951-1953)
Empowering Women in Iran: The Struggle for National Sovereignty (1951-1953) In the early 1950s, Iran witnessed...
The Pioneering Role of Iranian Women in the Tobacco Movement (1889-1891)
The Pioneering Role of Iranian Women in the Tobacco Movement (1889-1891) The Tobacco Movement of 1889...
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...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
Iranian Student Recounts Prison Abuse: My Brother Was Tortured before My Eyes
On May 10, 2026, the Daily Mail published an interview with Iranian student Shabnam Madadzadeh, a former political prisoner, member...
The Commercial Complex Death Trap: When Corruption and Rente Burn Iranian Women to Ashes
On the evening of Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Arghavan commercialcomplex in Shahriar County, west of Tehran, became a death...
Iranian Nurses Braved Fire with Defiance During January 2026 Uprising
In the blood-stained annals of the January 2026 uprising, Iran’s healthcare professionals stood witness to a stark battle between human...
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.