Zeinab Jalalian Calls for Return to Khoy Prison, Threatens to Go on Hunger Strike
Zeinab Jalalian, who was transferred from Khoy Prison to Qarchak Prison on April 29, has announced...
Women's News
Iranian Nursing Organization Letter Reveals Inhumane Treatment of Nurses
In an open letter to the mullahs' president, Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian Nursing Organization revealed that...
Two more honor killings less than a month after the brutal murder of Romina
Less than a month after Romina Ashrafi’s murder, two more honor killings have shaken Iranian society....
Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi suffers for witnessing executions
Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has spoken about psychological torture because of witnessing the executions of prisoners...
Ramping up pressure on Iranian women for flouting the mandatory Hijab
The moribund clerical regime has once again ramped up pressure on Iranian women using the pretext...
Political prisoner Zahra Safaei threatened to death by criminal offenders
Political prisoner Zahra Safaei has received life threats from ordinary prisoners in the Qarchak Prison of...
Bereaved Mother of Two Young Men Slain in SE Iran Fights Injustice
Soheila Shirvani, the bereaved mother of two young men slain in Iranshahr, is seeking justice under...
Iran: NCRI discloses documents on six women wounded in November protests
The Security and Counterterrorism Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) has obtained...
Ramping up pressure on women political prisoners by filing false cases
In order to ramp up pressure on women political prisoners, the Iranian regime's judiciary has summoned...
Eight inmates infected with Covid-19, denied care in Qarchak Prison
Eight inmates infected with Covid-19 have been abandoned without any care in Qarchak Prison. At the...
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.