AI: Iran women remained subject to discrimination in law and practice
Amnesty International published its annual 2017/18 report on Thursday, February 22, 2018, evaluating the human rights...
Women's News
Iran: Woman sentenced to 18 months in jail, forced labor in seminary
An Abadani woman, a writer, has been sentenced to prison due to her connection with dervishes....
Iran: A number of dervish women imprisoned in Qarchak identified
A number of women arrested in the attack on Gonabadi dervishes on the night of February...
Iran: Retirees and plundered women and men stage protests
A large group of discontented women and men staged protests in Tehran, Rasht, and Mashhad on...
Iran: Golrokh Iraee in coma
Political prisoner Golrokh Iraee went into coma on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, the 17th day of her hunger...
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,...
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...
Mahnaz Maimanat Elected as New Secretary General of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK)
Elections Held Across Seven Countries in Three-Stage Voting On the eve of the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the...
Women’s Leadership in the PMOI
For Nearly Four Decades, Competent Women of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) Have Led the Fight Against the...
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...
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.