Iran: Two young women from Kurdistan detained in jail
Lavin Karimi, student of management, has been arrested and detained for collaborating with a dissident Kurdish...
Women's News
Iran: Bahaii women accused of acting against national security
Four Baha'ii citizens were summoned to the Court of Isfahan on Wednesday morning, September 7, 2016,...
Iran: Renewed wave clampdown on models
State security forces have recently stepped up their clampdown on women engaged in modelling and advertisement...
Iran: Perpetrators of 1980s massacre must be held accountable
Human rights advocate and lawyer Nassrin Sotoudeh stressed on the need to investigate the case of...
Iran: A little girl’s last visit to her father
Sara Mansour Balaghi is the daughter of Khaled Mansour Balaghi who was executed along with 24...
Iran: Universities instructed to monitor women’s veiling
The Minister of Science and Education has sent a letter to all universities instructing them to...
Iran: Six young women arrested for modelling
Agents of the IRGC intelligence arrested six young women in Mashhad for modelling. According to the...
Iran: Tehran Prosecutor opposes extension of prisoner’s leave
Tehran's Prosecutor opposed extension of medical leave for Christian prisoner Maryam Naghash Zargaran and instructed her...
Iran: 28 mothers lost their lives in Saravan
Deprived of receiving proper medical care, a considerable percentage of Iranian women lose their lives. In...
Iran: Women are deprived of insurance
Many Iranian women are deprived of insurance. Head of women's faction told a parliamentary session on...
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.