Iran: Moral security patrols equipped with motorboats
In an effort to step up activities of the “moral security” patrols against women, they have...
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Iran: Fate of Kurdish woman remains uncertain
Kurdish student Sahar Feizi was arrested more than two weeks ago on July 13, 2016 by...
Iran: Mothers’ beautiful act of solidarity in Khavaran Cemetery
Mothers of the victims of popular uprisings in Iran in 1999 and 2009, joined the families...
Iran: Call for further restrictions on working women
A state-backed mullah called for imposing even further restrictions on working women in Iran, while they...
Iran: Security forces attacked rally in Tabriz
Hundreds of Azerbaijani citizens gathered on July 26, 2016, to protest against the denigrating stories published...
Iran: SSF threw Kurdish woman off the roof
The State Security forces in the northwestern city of Mahabad threw a Kurdish woman off the...
Iran: Hunger striking prisoner taken to dispensary
On her 22nd day of hunger strike, Christian prisoner of conscience, Maryam Naghash Zargaran was taken...
Iran: Women banned from riding bicycles in Marivan
SSF agents prevented women and girls from participating in the “Pure Tuesday” bicycle marathon. The event...
Iran: SSF Commander defends crack down on women
“By stepping up social security plans, making arrests and dealing with mal-veiling, also dealing with violating...
Iran: Only 16 out of 3000 job opportunities are for women
Khabar Online website published a report on women’s abysmal employment conditions and wrote, the government’s employment...
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.