Iran: Baluch Woman Dies After Brutal Domestic Assault and Burning
Mahsa Barahoui, a 33-year-old Baluch woman from Saravan in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province, died on...
Women's News
East Kurdistan Women’s Platform Brings Together Five Organizations
Five Kurdish women’s organizations have established the “East Kurdistan Women’s Platform – Jina” as a civil-national...
Women Bear the Brunt as 1.2M Iranian Workers Lose Jobs to War
On International Workers' Day, alarming reports reveal that women and their families are bearing the heaviest...
Iran Regime Arrests Sisters of Executed Political Prisoner
Akram Daneshvarkar and Azam Daneshvarkar, sisters of Akbar Daneshvarkar, who was executed on March 30, 2026,...
Iranian Regime Executes 24-Year-Old Woman Victim of Forced Marriage
A 24-year-old woman and victim of forced marriage has been executed in Tabriz Central Prison. Hanifeh...
Female Inmates Join Week 118 of Hunger Strike Despite Threats
Female Inmates Join Week 118 of Hunger Strike Despite Threats The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign...
Iran Regime Sentences Third Woman to Death Over Protests
Iran regime has sentenced Maryam Hodavand, a 45-year-old political prisoner held in women’s ward of Evin Prison,...
Iran’s Healthcare Workers Continue Protest for Second Day
Protests by healthcare workers in Yazd, the capital of a key central province in Iran, entered...
Iran’s Regime Pressures Imprisoned Women to Halt Anti–Death Penalty Campaign
Reports from Evin Prison point to a sharp increase in pressure on political detainees, particularly imprisoned...
9-Year-Old Girl’s Murder Exposes Iran Regime’s Failure to Protect Children
The mutilated and charred body of 9-year-old girl, identified as Fatemeh Zahra Hosseinbar, was discovered four...
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...
Iran Healthcare Workers Protest Against Severe Livelihood and Structural Crises
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial...
More than 4,000 Prominent Political and Social Figures Call for the Revocation of Arghavan Fallahi’s Death Sentence
More than 4000 prominent political and social figures, including elected representatives, university professors, educators, lawyers, judges, authors, artists, leaders of...
Iran: Continued Arrests and Long Prison Terms for Women Protesters
January 2026 nationwide uprising has been followed by a wave of continued arrests, harsh sentences, and continued judicial uncertainty for...
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.