Nearly 1,000 girls under 18 married in 4 months in Iranian Kurdistan
In the first four months of this (Iranian) year, 970 girls under 18 married in Kurdistan...
Women's News
Female Baha’i student expelled from university for religious beliefs
Female Baha’I student Romina Asgari was expelled from the Central Tehran Branch of Azad University for...
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s house was attacked by intelligence agents in Iran
Nasrin Sotoudeh’s house was attacked by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence. The news was announced...
Iranian women drug addicts upsurge to 750,000 in new statistics
Iranian women drug addicts have increased to 750,000 in new statistics. The Commander of the State...
Women arrested in Iran uprisings last winter were jailed
Women arrested during the December 2017/January 2018 uprisings in Iran have been transferred to prison after...
Female political prisoner Zainab Jalalian denied medical care for 11 years in Iran prison
Female political prisoner Zainab Jalalian has been denied medical care and access to medical facilities for...
Iranian women’s protest rallies in Tehran, Mashhad, Rasht
Iranian women’s protest rallies were held in Tehran, Mashhad, and Rasht on Wednesday, August 15, 2018....
Early marriages of 35 girl children under 13 in just one Iranian town
There have been 35 cases of early marriages of 10 to 13-year-old girls in only one...
Women played prominent roles in recent protests in Tehran and Rasht
Women played prominent roles in recent protests in the cities of Tehran and Rasht. On August...
Sufi woman Shokoufeh Yadollahi sentenced to five years in jail
Sufi woman Shokoufeh Yadollahi was sentenced to five years in jail. She is in critical conditions...
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...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
JINNEWS: An Account of Women Prisoners’ Resistance in Iran Amid Repression and Discrimination
Turkey’s JINNEWS, one of the region’s well-known news outlets covering women’s issues and human rights, published a report on June...
Iran’s Escalating Water Crisis: Energy Imbalance, Popular Protests, and the Role of Women
The Iran water crisis has transcended a mere climatic challenge, evolving into a structural catastrophe marked by severe ecosystem destruction...
Day 2 of Free Iran 2026: Broad Support for 10-point plan and Criticism of Western Appeasement
On Sunday, June 21, 2026, the second day of the “Free Iran 2026 – Supporting the Democratic Alternative” conference was...
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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.