Iran: Soheila Kargar sentenced to five years in jail
The Revolutionary Court of Qazvin sentenced Soheila Kargar, a civil rights activist, to five years imprisonment...
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Iran: Azita Rafizadeh returns to Evin prison
With the conclusion of her leave for the Iranian New Year holidays, Azita Rafizadeh, Bahaii prisoner...
Iran: Female pool players were deprived of games for one year
The disciplinary committee of Iran's Bowling and Billiard Federation deprived several female pool players from participating...
Iran: Families of death-row prisoners to hold protest gathering
Families of death-row prisoners have announced that they will hold a gathering on April 9, in...
Iran: Three women transferred to solitary confinement in Evin
Massoumeh Zia, Tahereh Riyahi, and Mahsa Roj'ati were transferred to solitary confinement in Ward 241 of...
Iran: Afsaneh Bayazidi held in solitary confinement
Kurdish student activist Afsaneh Bayazdi has been sent into solitary confinement in the wake of writing...
Iran: Mandate of Special Rapporteur extended for another year
The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on March 24, 2017, extending the mandate of...
Iran: Evin prisoner writes of her faith in the spring of freedom
In a letter to her family on the Persian New Year, Maryam Akbari Monfared reiterated her...
Iran’s rights abuses discussed in Human Rights Council debate
The Human Rights Council held a general debate in Geneva on the follow-up to and implementation...
Iran: Security forces prevented commemoration of slain prisoners
The families of political prisoners massacred in summer 1988 commemorated their loved ones on the last...
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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.