Baha’i women in Iran dismissed from jobs, sentenced to jail
Baha’i women in Iran are either sent to jail for several years or dismissed from their...
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Women and girls actively participated in 4th day of Iran protests
Women and girls continued to actively participated in the fourth day of Iran protests on Friday,...
Sufi women brutalized again in Qarchak Prison
Sufi women imprisoned in Varamin's Qarchak Prison (a.k.a. as Shahr-e Ray) were beaten up again by...
Women political prisoners endure further pressure in jails
Women political prisoners have been subjected to additional pressure in Iranian prisons. Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian...
Iran’s brave women partake in protests for 3rd consecutive day
Iran's brave women widely participated in the third day of protests and demonstrations in various cities...
Courageous Iranian women took part in protests in Karaj, other cities
Courageous Iranian women took part in anti-regime protests in Karaj, west of Tehran, on Wednesday, August...
Mother of Political prisoner Soheil Arabi seeks help to save her son
Mother of political prisoner Soheil Arabi issued an urgent call to international human rights organizations seeking...
The compulsory veil in Iran – regime admits most women defy
The compulsory veil in Iran is the subject of a report recently published by the research...
The house of Forough Farrokhzad is on the verge of destruction
The house of Forough Farrokhzad, the Iranian poetess, located on Tehran’s Vali-e-Asr Avenue is on the...
Two Sufi women finally sent to hospital after five months
Two Sufi women were finally sent to hospital after five months of being held in detention...
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.