Iran protester Fatemeh Davand taken to jail to serve over 5 years
Ms. Davand is sentenced to 30 lashes and 65 months in prison for taking part in...
Women's News
Detention of Female Civil Activists, Pressure on Political Detainees in Iran
The regime terrorizes and clamps down on society by ramping up pressure on human rights defenders....
Young woman, 32, was hanged in Mashhad after 6 years on the death row
A young woman, 32, was hanged in the Central Prison of Mashhad on Sunday, August 2,...
The Lives of Women in Dishmok Village of Iran End in Flaming Suicides
The lives of women in Dishmok suffering from domestic violence end in flaming suicides. Dishmok is...
Human and Women’s Trafficking Networks in Iran Enjoy Immunity
Human and Women's Trafficking Networks in Iran Enjoy Immunity The systematic trafficking of Iranian women and...
Inhumane sentences serve as a ploy to silence women political prisoners
Kurdish political activists continue to experience persecution amid the current climate of activist repression in Iran....
Silent Crime Against Resistant Political Prisoners Using the Covid-19
Following the emergence of the role of women in all aspects of the 2019–2020 Iranian uprisings,...
Special Report No. 2 – Media reactions to the protests of people in Behbahan
The protests of people in Behbahan on Thursday evening, July 16, where at least one young...
Special Report – Security Forces Arrest A Woman during Protests in Behbahan
Behbahan city in Khuzestan province was the scene of protests like the 2019–2020 Iranian uprisings. In...
NCRI discloses documents on 5 women injured in November 2019 protests
Seven series of documents of the clerical regime’s National Emergency Organization have been disclosed so far...
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...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
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...
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.