Four members of the Voice of Iranian Women summoned to serve prison time
Members of the Voice of Iranian Women Association, Nahid Shaqaqi, Akram Nasirian, Maryam Mohammadi, and Esrin...
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Security services threaten to jail Mahboubeh Ramezani, the bereaved mother of an Iran protest victim
Mahboubeh Ramezani: We will make you regret every single life you took over these years In...
Political prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna returned to Evin Prison
Political prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna was returned to Evin Prison on April 3, 2022, upon Amin Vaziri’s...
Universities reopen as female students are pressured to wear Maghna’eh
As universities reopen in Iran, security officials at Tehran University pressured female students to wear the...
Critical physical condition of Maryam Akbari Monfared in Semnan Prison
The physical condition of political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared in Semnan Prison has been reported to...
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...
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...
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...
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.