Elham Ahmadi, Sufi woman, sentenced to 148 lashes
Sufi woman Elham Ahmadi was sentenced to 148 lashes by Mohammadi, the Head of Qarchak prison...
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Human rights defenders increasingly suppressed in Iran – UNSR
The United Nations released the World Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders by Michel...
Political prisoner family outraged by prison guard in Urmia Prison
The family of a political prisoner were subjected to degrading treatment in the visitation hall in...
Zahra Navidpour commits suicide after being raped by regime official
Zahra Navidpour was found dead at her mother's home on Sunday, January 6, 2018. She was...
Girls aging 10 to 14 comprise 6 per cent of marriages in Iran
Six per cent of Iranian girls get married between 10 and 14 while the bill proposing...
Protests in Iranian cities and active role of women in them
Women played active role in all Iran protests including in Tehran, Ahvaz, Behbahan and Sabsevar during...
Nurses in Iran number one-fourth of the world standard
The number of nurses in Iran is one-fourth of the world standard. In remarks reported on...
Asal Mohammadi, young civil activist and student, remains in detention
Asal Mohammadi, a civil activist and a student at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Azad...
Massive protests across Iran with significant participation of women
The country’s retirees held a massive protest across from the mullahs’ parliament in Tehran on Tuesday,...
Tehran students launch major protest chanting “death to the dictator”
Tehran students held a major protest and march around 11.30 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2018,...
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.