Iran: Two women among those arrested in Ahvaz
Thousands of women and men continued their protests in Khuzestan on Friday, March 30, 2018, against...
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Iran: 11 women ill-treated and arbitrarily detained
Amnesty International issued an Urgent Action on March 29, 2018, condemning the arbitrary arrest and ill-treatment...
Iran: Ahvazi women actively take part in protest against racist media
Thousands of women and men staged extensive protests in Ahvaz, capital of Khuzestan Province in SW...
Iran: Golrokh Iraee reported in alarming condition
Golrokh Iraee’s health is in an alarming condition after 54 days of hunger strike. Political prisoner...
Iran: Child benefit deducted from salary of women heads of household
Child benefit has been deducted from women’s salaries and only housewives with three children can have...
Iran: Marriage of seven-year-old girl children
There are no laws in Iran absolutely prohibiting child marriages. They depend on the decision of...
Iran: Woman sentenced one year for protesting the compulsory veil
Maryam Shariatmadari was sentenced to one year in jail on the charge of “encouraging corruption through...
Iran: Young woman sentenced to imprisonment in Tabriz
A young woman, Roya Saghiri, 24 was tried and sentenced to nearly two years’ imprisonment. Seven...
Iran: Woman taken hostage for husband’s activism
After 20 days of detention in the Department of Intelligence of Sanandaj, Shetaw Faroughi, a woman...
Iran: Call for harsh crackdown on opponents of the compulsory veil
A high-ranking clerical regime’s scholar declared, “Dealing with those who oppose the Hijab (veil) must be...
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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.