Women Attacked and Arrested During 3-Day Protest by Tehran Teachers
Contract teachers, as well as teachers from the Literacy Movement, staged a 3-day protest in front...
Women's News
Women heads of household sleep in underground holes due to poverty
Some women heads of household have taken refuge in city outskirts due to poverty and lack...
Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian goes on hunger strike in protest
Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian began her hunger strike on June 20, 2020, in protest of not...
Iran: Three young women commit suicide to escape forced marriage
Three young women, 13, 17 and 28, had to commit suicide, two of them fatally, to...
Kurdish Political Prisoner Beaten by Qarchak Prison Officials
Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh was recently beaten by several criminals in prison. They targeted the...
Women Arrested for Removing Hijab in Photos Posted on Social Media
Many women in Mashhad were summoned and arrested for posting photos of themselves on social media,...
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...
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...
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.