Iran: UN experts alarmed by reports mistreatment of women activists
Four UN experts issued a statement in Geneva, expressing alarm at the condition of human rights...
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Iran: A woman, her two sons, arrested in Ahvaz
The families residing in the Zaytoon neighborhood of Ahvaz were attacked by agents of the Intelligence...
Iran: Parisa Rafii remains in detention for not cooperating
Despite completion of preliminary investigations and interrogations of student activist Parisa Rafii in Evin Prison, she...
Iran: Fresh warnings against women’s bicycling
Women’s bicycling in public has been declared as “unpermissible” and even “unlawful” by edicts of religious...
Iran: Young woman, 17, commits suicide in Mashhad
A young woman took her own life after her husband in temporary marriage refused to make...
Iran: Women’s condition deplorable four months after the quake
Four months past the earthquake, many families are still living in tents and using the bathroom...
Iran: SSF stopped two women posing as men to enter Tabriz’s stadium
Two young women attempted to enter the stadium of Tabriz on Tuesday, March 13, 2018, to...
Iran: Persian Gulf Hospital staff stage protest in Boushehr
The staff of Persian Gulf Hospital in Boushehr, southern Iran, staged a protest on Wednesday, March...
Iran: Plundered women and men march in Tehran
Women and men plundered by Velayat-e Andisheh financial institute staged a march in Tehran on Wednesday,...
Iran: Soheila Mohammadi summoned, threatened by IRGC Intelligence
Kurdish civil rights and environmental activist, Soheila Mohammadi, was summoned by the Revolutionary Guards’ Intelligence on...
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...
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...
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...
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.