Iran: Innocent woman became victim of acid attack
A man splashed acid on his wife because she refused to divorce him. The acid attack...
Women's News
Iran: Girl child suffers brain death due to stepfather’s beating
A 5-year-old girl in Mashhad suffered brain death due to harsh beating by her stepfather. "Multiple...
Iran: Maryam Akbari’s vote is a resounding NO to the clerical regime
In a letter dated May 3, 2017, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared wrote from prison, reiterating...
Iran: Disqualification of female candidates went unheeded
137 women had registered for the 12th presidential elections sham in Iran all of whom were...
Iran: Candidates acknowledge violation of women’s rights
In a televised debate broadcast on Tuesday night, May 2, from the national television, one of...
Iran: Two more women executed under Rouhani
Two women were executed in the morning of Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in Gohardasht Prison, Karaj....
Iran: Huge fire in a women’s rehabilitation camp, 23 burned
A huge fire broke out in an addicted women's rehabilitation camp in Qazvin, northwest of Tehran....
Iran: Solidarity in Sydney with female political prisoners in Iran
A meeting entitled, "Heroic Women in Today's Iran", was held on Saturday, April 29, 2017, in...
Iran: Women banned from watching volleyball match
Women were not allowed in to watch the Pakistan-Iran volleyball match on May 1, in Rezazadeh...
Iran: Women teachers staged protest gathering
A group of women teachers staged a protest gathering on May 2, 2017, in front of...
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...
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...
Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi: We are Generation Z—Anti-Dictatorship, and Opposed to Both the Shah and the Mullahs
Message from PMOI political prisoners Forough Taghipour and Arghavan Fallahi from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on the anniversary of the...
Women, Resistance, Freedom: The Unbroken Lineage from Camp Ashraf to Iran’s Gen-Z Revolution
When an early morning raid struck Camp Ashraf at 5:00 AM on September 1, 2013, the goal of Iran’s clerical...
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.