Bandar Abbasi woman set herself ablaze after state forces razed her home
A woman set herself ablaze after state forces razed her home in Bandar Abbas. Forces of...
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Teenage Kurdish girl Aynaz Zare’e sentenced to five years in prison
Teenage Kurdish girl Aynaz Zare’e has been sentenced to five years in prison. The First Branch...
Student activist sentenced for participating in November 2019 protests
Marjan Es’haghi, a student of political sciences at Tehran University, received a total of five years’...
Zeinab Jalalian taken to Yazd Prison; fourth relocation in six months
Zeinab Jalalian taken to Yazd Prison; this is her fourth relocation in only six months. In...
Student activist Soha Mortezaii sentenced to six years in prison
Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced student activist Soha Mortezaii to six years...
Detained protester Fatemeh Davand starts a hunger strike in Urmia Prison
One the protesters arrested during the protests in November 2019 and detained in the Central Prison...
Zeinab Jalalian transferred from Kermanshah Prison to an unknown location
Kurdish political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian transferred from Kermanshah Prison to an unknown location. Kurdish political prisoner...
Supreme Court rejects retrial of 24-year sentence for Saba Kord Afshari
Branch 28 of the Iranian regime’s Supreme Court has rejected a request for a retrial by...
Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh sent to solitary confinement
Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh has transferred to solitary confinement on the orders of the authorities...
Coronavirus catastrophe: COVID-19 death toll in Iran exceeds 146,500
Over 160 physicians and nurses have died due to COVID-19; some 30,000 nurses in Iran infected...
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.