Poverty drives more Iranian women to commit suicide
More women are committing suicide in Iran due to poverty and destitution, some taking their young...
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Protests continue in Iran and women actively participate
Iranian teachers and educators in six cities continued their protests after their three-day nationwide strikes and...
Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh faces 34 years in prison
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh faces up to 34 years in prison and 148 lashes...
Nationwide strike of teachers continues for third consecutive day
The third day of the nationwide strike and sit-ins of teachers in Iran continued on Tuesday,...
High rates of suicide and self-immolation due to child marriages in Ilam
Various forms of suicide including self-immolation due to child marriages have high rates in provinces such...
Innocent young woman hanged by her husband dies in hospital
An innocent young woman who was hanged by her husband died in a hospital after 24...
Second day of sit-ins and strikes by teachers across Iran
The second day of nationwide sit-ins and strikes by teachers and educators continued on Monday, March...
Iranian teachers hold fifth round of nationwide strikes and sit-ins
Iranian teachers and educators held nationwide strikes and sit-ins for the fifth time this year, on...
Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee and her husband still deprived of visits
Political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and her husband, political prisoner Arash Sadeghi have only visited each...
Female political prisoners subjected to inhuman treatment in Iran
In line with the cruel and inhumane behavior towards female political prisoners in Iran, Evin Prison...
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...
Parisa Kamali: “If Today I Stand on the Right Side of History, I Owe It to the PMOI”
Audio message from PMOI political prisoner Parisa Kamali on the anniversary of the founding of the People's Mojahedin Organization of...
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi: We are Generation Z—Anti-Dictatorship, and Opposed to Both the Shah and the Mullahs
Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the...
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...
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.