Iran: Golrokh Iraee in coma
Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee went into coma on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the 17th day of her hunger...
Women's News
Iran: At least 70 dervish women protesters taken to Qarchak Prison
Seventy of the women arrested during the dervishes’ gathering in Golestan Haftom Ave. in Tehran, have...
Iran: Baha’i woman told to renounce faith to be granted prison leave
Evin Prison officials have informed Baha’i prisoner of conscience Azita Rafizadeh that she will not be...
Iran: 40 women and men arrested in Amol
Forty women and men were arrested on February 17, 2018, by intelligence forces as they had...
Iran: IRGC prevents hall rental for Nargess Khoobani’s funeral
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied hall rental to the family a woman who died...
Iran: Woman pleads to save his son in Evin Prison
A mother sends out an audio recording to plead for her imprisoned son’s life. Nader Afshari,...
Iran: IWD Conference in Paris makes headlines in world’s media
The International Women’s Day conference in Paris on February 17, 2018, featuring dozens of the world’s...
Iran: Women stage protests in Sanandaj, Tehran, Izeh
Teachers of Sanandaj, men and women who were expelled from their jobs on unfounded allegations in...
Iran: Protests by students, plundered women in Tehran, Rasht, Orumiyeh
Students of Tehran’s University of Art and the University of Orumiyeh (NW Iran) staged protests against...
Iran: Cemetery bans tomb stones with images of deceased women
Officials of a cemetery posted signs for removal of tomb stones bearing images of women. The...
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.