Three women hanged in Kerman Prison, in southern Iran
With the three women hanged in Kerman Prison, the number of women executed in Iran since...
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A labor activist is summoned to serve her sentence in prison
The Bureau of Implementing Sentences of the 33rd District of Tehran’s Public and Revolutionary Court has...
A student activist is handed five years in prison by Tehran’s Revision Court
The 36th Branch of the Revision Court of Tehran Province upheld a 5-year prison sentence for...
A 13-year-old girl is not a child bride, says Iran’s mullah MP
"Child marriage concerns 9- to 10-year-old girls, but a 13-year-old girl is not a child bride."...
Angry protests rock the women’s ward of Urmia Central Prison in NW Iran
The detainees in the women's ward of Urmia Central Prison put up an angry protest on...
Iranian teachers’ nationwide protests, women actively present
Women were remarkably active in the teachers' nationwide protests in Iran. The freedom-loving teachers of Iran...
Tehran Court threatens Parastoo Moini and three other political prisoners
The 27th Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran summoned Parastoo Moini and three other political...
Maryam Khakpour executed in Dastgerd Prison of Isfahan, another in Yasuj
A woman was hanged in Isfahan at dawn on Thursday, November 25, 2021. Maryam Khakpour was...
Women of Isfahan join men in defying security forces
The women of Isfahan join men in defying security forces’ attacks on farmers. The clerical regime’s...
Women of Chaharmahal Bakhtiari and Isfahan join protests over water
Thousands of people including many women of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Isfahan continue to protest 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.