Continued Detention Without Due Process: Melika Khaleghi Held in Legal Limbo at Kachouii Prison
Melika Khaleghi has been in detention for over a month without any formal charges or legal...
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Maryam Akbari Monfared Denied Urgent Medical Care Despite Critical Need for Surgery
Maryam Akbari Monfared, a political prisoner held in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, continues to be denied...
Families of Death Row Political Prisoners Protest Outside Evin Prison
On Tuesday, April 22, 2025, families of political prisoners sentenced to death once again staged a...
Woman Executed for Poverty: Marziyeh Esmaeili Hanged in Qazvin Prison
On April 15, 2025, Marziyeh Esmaeili, a 39-year-old woman and mother of a young daughter, was...
Family Launches Death Row Protest Over Imminent Execution in Urmia
The family of Hamid Hossein-Nejad Heydaranlou, an impoverished Kulbar sentenced to death, has been staging a...
From Zahedan to Evin: United in Protest Against Executions
Women prisoners in Zahedan Prison join the 64th week of the “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign,...
Political Prisoner Azar Korvandi, 60, Denied Medical Care Despite Critical Health Condition
Political prisoner Azar Korvandi Mousazadeh, 60 years old, held in Tehran’s Evin Prison, is reportedly facing...
Parvin Ghadyani, Christian Convert, Continued Detention in Kachouii Prison
Parvin Ghadyani, a Christian convert, has been held in detention for over three months and remains...
Three Women Executed in Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad
Three women were executed at dawn on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, among at least ten inmates...
Parisa Darvish Forcibly Disappeared in Mashhad: A Continuing Pattern of State-Backed Abductions in Iran
Parisa Darvish, a young woman residing in Mashhad, has been reportedly detained by agents of the...
Hidden Sufferings and Modern Slavery: A Look at the Situation of Female Workers in Iran
Marking the International Labor Day 2025 Female workers in Iran, with calloused hands and exhausted bodies, carry the burden of...
Iranian Women’s Struggle: 651 Prominent Women Call for Solidarity
In a powerful statement of unity, 651 prominent women leaders, including former heads of state, ministers, jurists, and human rights...
CSW69, Beijing+30 – NCRI Women’s Committee Report
On the eve of International Women’s Day, the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) publishes...
Women’s Ward of Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz: A Symbol of Systematic Human Rights Violations
A Harrowing Report on the Inhumane Conditions in the Women’s Ward The Women’s Ward of Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz has...
International Nurses Day 2025: A Spotlight on the Crisis Facing Nurses in Iran
International Nurses Day 2025: A Spotlight on the Crisis Facing Nurses in Iran Every year on May 12, the world...
The Gendered Face of Poverty in Iran: How Women Bear the Heaviest Burden
The Gendered Face of Poverty in Iran - In recent years, the economic crisis in Iran has deepened, with poverty...
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.