Political Prisoner Hoda Mehreganfar’s Life in Danger at Adelabad Prison
Hoda Mehreganfar, a 38-year-old electronics engineer and political prisoner, is facing a critical health crisis in...
Women's News
Shiva Esmaeli: Deliberate Denial of Medical Care for Female Political Prisoners
Shiva Esmaeli, a political prisoner held in Evin Prison, is suffering from a severe spinal condition...
Iran: Families of Death Row Prisoners Beaten and Arrested During Peaceful Protest in Tehran
A peaceful protest by families of death row prisoners outside the Iranian regime’s parliament on Sunday,...
Tehran’s Morality Police Unveil Misogynistic Plan to Deploy 80,000 “Virtue Enforcers”
Tehran’s Morality Police Unveil Misogynistic Plan to Deploy 80,000 “Virtue Enforcers” In a new display of...
Female Political Prisoners in Evin Prison Express Solidarity with Qezel Hesar Hunger Strike Against Executions
Following widespread protests and a hunger strike by death-row prisoners in Qezel Hesar Prison, a group...
Kafieh Qobadzadeh Executed in Shiraz; Two Women Hanged on Wednesday
On the morning of Wednesday, October 15, 2025, Kafieh Qobadzadeh, a female prisoner, was executed in...
Zahra Shahbaz Tabari Held in Limbo for Seven Months in Lakan Prison
More than seven months after the arrest of Zahra Shahbaz Tabari, a 67-year-old resident of Rasht,...
Nahid Hemmati Executed in Nahavand Prison
On the morning of Wednesday, October 15, 2025, Nahid Hemmati, a female inmate, was executed in...
Shiva Esmaeli: Crippled in Evin Prison Due to Denial of Medical Care
The health condition of Shiva Esmaeli, a political prisoner held in the women’s ward of Evin...
Kowkab Badaghi and Her Husband Brutalized in Front of Their Young Child
On Monday, October 13, 2025, Kowkab Badaghi, a teachers’ rights activist in the city of Izeh,...
Sign the Petition: Demand Urgent International Action to Protect Women Prisoners in Iran
Iran's Women Prisoners: A Human Rights Emergency Demanding Immediate International Action September 2026 To: The UN High Commissioner for Human...
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...
Women Teachers in Iran Struggle with Inflation and Low Wages
Every year, October 5, World Teachers’ Day, provides an opportunity to recognize millions of teachers around the world and to...
Health Crisis and Overcrowding in the Women’s Ward of Fardis Prison
Fardis Prison in Karaj, also known as Kachouii Prison or the Fardis Correctional Facility, is in the Hosseinabad area of...
New Academic Year 2026 in Iran: Female University Students Face Security, Economic, and Educational Pressures
At the beginning of the new academic year, students at universities across Iran are facing a range of problems and...
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.