Iran: Vice patrols to step up activities against women’s rights
Vice patrols called to help bring down the number of mal-veiled women. Majid Souri, Commander of...
Women's News
Iran: Mona Mo’afi, female social activist, is arrested
Mona Mo'afi, a social activist and employee of the Psychology Organization, was arrested on January 25,...
Iran: Innocent woman killed by her husband
A young woman was stabbed to death by her husband on Thursday, February 2, 2017. Her...
Iran: Women top list of the uneducated
Women top the list of those deprived of education in the southwestern province of Khuzistan in...
Iran: Political prisoners call for unconditional release of Shahnaz Akmali
Four political prisoners detained in the women's Ward of Evin Prison expressed serious concern about the...
Iran: Young girl, victim of honor killing in Qa’emshahr
A young woman was stabbed to death by her father in Qa'emshahr, northern Iran. According to...
Iran: One in every 10 addicts is a woman
The latest official statistics show that one woman is addicted in Iran for every 9 male...
Iran: Evin Prison mothers
Political prisoner Nargess Mohammadi sent out a letter from Evin, in which she explained the situation...
Iran: Massoumeh Zia is still under interrogation
One month past the arrest and incarceration of prisoner of conscience Massoumeh Zia, she is still...
Iran: Stoning sentence issued in Lorestan for a woman and a man
The Criminal Court of Lorestan Province sentenced a man and a woman to stoning on February...
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.