Iranian women sprayed with pepper gas instead of watching football
Iranian women and girls were attacked and sprayed with pepper gas instead of being allowed into...
Women's News
Zinat Mazidi, 20, murdered by father in south Iran
Zinat Mazidi, 20, was murdered by her father in one of the villages in the southern...
Security services order illegal detention of Khadijeh Seifpanahi at home
The Iranian regime’s security services ordered the illegal detention of Khadijeh Seifpanahi and her son Khaled...
Media activist Yasamin Azan, mother taken to Sepidar Prison
Media activist Yasamin Azan and her mother, Leila Salemzadeh, were arrested at the Intelligence Department of...
A woman was hanged among 19 executed in Shiraz Prison
A woman was hanged among 19 people executed between March 9 and 17, 2022, in the...
Political prisoner Zahra Mohammadi deprived of Nowruz leave
Political prisoner Zahra Mohammadi was deprived of receiving a prison leave for the Persian New Year,...
University Professor receives one-year prison time for scattering flowers on the graves of execution victims
The Revolutionary Court of Dezful sentenced University Professor Arezoo Rahimkhani and her husband, Ramin Biranvand, to...
Hasti Amiri sentenced to one year, Pardis Rabii detained by security forces
Hasti Amiri, a student at Tehran’s Allameh Tabatabaii University, was sentenced to one year in prison....
A glance at the women’s ward of the Kermanshah Correctional Center
Women prisoners in Kermanshah province, previously held in Dieselabad Prison in Kermanshah, have been transferred to...
Women, Force for Change in Iran, Global Peace and Stability
Join us online to celebrate International Women's Day The NCRI Women's Committee has sponsored an international...
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...
Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis: Energy Imbalance, Popular Protests, and the Role of Women
The Iran water crisis has transcended a mere climatic challenge, evolving into a structural catastrophe marked by severe ecosystem destruction...
Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: Broad Support for 10-point plan and Criticism of Western Appeasement
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the second day of the “Free Iran 2026 – Supporting the Democratic Alternative” conference was...
45 Years of Resistance for a Free Iran; A Future Built on a Democratic Republic
Free Iran 2026 Summit Brings Together International Political Figures to Emphasize thePath Toward a Democratic Iran On Saturday, June 20,...
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.