Female Students Arrested at Melli University and University of Tehran; Protesting Women Pepper Sprayed in Isfahan
On the fourth day of the nationwide protests in Iran, on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, the...
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Day Three of Tehran Bazaar Strike Sees Iran Universities Joining in
Tehran Bazaar strike and protests in Iran entered their third consecutive day on Tuesday, December 30,...
No to Execution Tuesdays: 101st Week of Hunger Strikes in 55 Prisons and the Expansion of Social Solidarity
The 101st week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign was marked by the continuation of...
Eight Bahaii Women Detained in Isfahan to Serve 90 Years in Prison
Eight Bahaii women residing in Isfahan were arrested on Saturday, December 27, after reporting to Branch...
Deteriorating Conditions of Female Political Prisoners in Evin: Severe Unsanitary Conditions, Illness, and Medical Deprivation
Reports received from the women’s ward of Evin Prison indicate a dangerously escalating health and medical...
UN experts urge Iran to stop execution of Political Prisoner, Zahra Shahbaz Tabari
UN experts urge Iran to stop execution of Political Prisoner, Zahra Shahbaz Tabari United Nations human...
Zahra Khanzadeh Executed in Vakilabad Prison, Mashhad
At dawn on Wednesday, December 24, 2025, the death sentence of a female prisoner identified as...
Mahdieh Keyhani and Mahin Rashidi: Execution of Two women in Iran
Amid the ongoing wave of executions in Iran, two female prisoners, Mahdieh Keyhani, 41, and Mahin...
No to Execution Tuesdays Marks 100th Week of Nationwide Resistance Against the Death Penalty
Women’s Ward of Yazd Prison Joins the Campaign As it enters its 100th consecutive week, the...
Hakimeh Honarmandi, 61, Detained in Prolonged Legal Limbo at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz
Hakimeh Honarmandi, a 61-year-old political prisoner and laboratory technician, has been detained for over a year...
Sign the Petition: Demand Urgent International Action to Protect Women Prisoners in Iran
Iran's Women Prisoners: A Human Rights Emergency Demanding Immediate International Action September 2026 To: The UN High Commissioner for Human...
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...
Women Teachers in Iran Struggle with Inflation and Low Wages
Every year, October 5, World Teachers’ Day, provides an opportunity to recognize millions of teachers around the world and to...
Health Crisis and Overcrowding in the Women’s Ward of Fardis Prison
Fardis Prison in Karaj, also known as Kachouii Prison or the Fardis Correctional Facility, is in the Hosseinabad area of...
New Academic Year 2026 in Iran: Female University Students Face Security, Economic, and Educational Pressures
At the beginning of the new academic year, students at universities across Iran are facing a range of problems and...
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.