4 women documentary filmmakers and photographers arrested arbitrarily
Iranian intelligence services arbitrarily arrested four women documentary filmmakers and photographers in Tehran on May 9...
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Urmia prison authorities do not hospitalize the pregnant prisoner after 11 days of hunger strike
Urmia prison authorities have failed to hospitalize pregnant political prisoner Soada Khadirzadeh to undergo an ultrasound...
A female worker lost her life when dragged into a confectionary machine
A female worker, 40, lost her life when dragged into a confectionary machine. The incident happened...
Zahra Azizi burns to death as Iran regime fails to criminalize honor killings
A man set fire to his young sister, Zahra Azizi Ghomsheh, in one of the villages...
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee speaks out against retribution law
In a letter from Amol Prison, political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee has challenged the Iranian regime's...
Kurd civil activist Zamaneh Zewyeh condemned to 10 months in jail
Women’s rights activist Parvin Abdollah Panah imprisoned The first branch of the Revolutionary Court of Saqqez...
Hungry prisoner Soada Khadirzadeh goes unconscious in prison hall
Soada Khadirzadeh is 8 months pregnant and on hunger strike Hungry political prisoner Soada Khadirzadeh went...
Political prisoner Leila Chegini starts a hunger strike
Political prisoner Leila Chegini began a hunger strike in Nowshahr prison on April 27, 2022. She...
New case filed against political prisoner Yasaman Aryani
Monireh Arabshahi in dire health Tehran’s Criminal Court has filed a new suit for political prisoner...
Iranian educators and teachers protested on International Labor Day
On International Labor Day, May 1, 2022, Iranian educators and teachers rose up to demand the...
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...
Working to Survive: Iranian Women Between Poverty, Exhaustion, and Lack of Labor Protection
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
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...
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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.