Iran: 11,000 women victims of domestic violence
A government official announced that 12,000 cases of child abuse and 11,000 cases of domestic violence...
Women's News
Iran: SSF raids party, arrests women in Tehran
The State Security Force of West Tehran raided a women's party and arrested a number of...
Iran: Call to turn IWD into protest against inequality, barbarity
Two political prisoners incarcerated in Evin and Gohardasht prisons issued a message and congratulated women on...
Iran: Woman detained for contacting her brother
Fereshteh Arghavani, 52, was arrested and sentenced to one year in jail for contacting her brother...
Iran: Two Christian women arrested in Tehran and Orumiyeh
Four Christians including two women were arrested by security forces in Tehran and Orumiyeh. The two...
Iran: Eight young women arrested in a party
A number of youths were arrested in a private party according to the deputy chief of...
Iran: Document reveals execution of 13-year-old girls in prisons
A handwritten letter by Mr. Montazeri, the ousted heir to the mullahs' leader Khomeini, has been...
Iran: A woman was found scorched in the mountains
The charred body of a young woman, a teacher, was found in the mountains of Ramhormoz,...
Iran: Farzaneh Jalali accused of acting against national security
The Iranian Judiciary announced February 28, 2017, that civil and women's rights activist Farzaneh Jalali was...
Iran: Bakhtiari girls drop out of school due to early marriage
799 female high school students have been identified across Charmahal-o Bakhtiari Province (southwestern Iran) who did...
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...
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...
Working to Survive: Iranian Women Between Poverty, Exhaustion, and Lack of Labor Protection
For many Iranian Women, losing a job or failing to find sustainable employment is not just about being unemployed; it...
Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed in One Month
Misogynistic laws lie at the root of violence against women in Iran Victims at Home: Report on 15 Women Killed...
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.