Iran: Wife of murdered political prisoner arrested
Ms. Maryam Alangi, wife of late political prisoner Mohsen Dogmechi, was summoned with her son to...
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Iran: 150 young girls and boys arrested in a birthday party
Some 150 young girls and boys were arrested for attending a birthday party in western Tehran....
Iran: City officials denied burial to Baha’ii citizen
After the passing away of Ms. Pouran Enayati, a Baha’ii citizen, her family has not been...
Iran: Mullah demands making black chador mandatory for school girls
The pillars of the mullahs’ regime are shaken even by the color of primary school girl’s...
Iran: UK FCO concerned about human rights, women
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office published a report on July 24, 2016, on the human...
Iran: Woman with two children gets imprisoned in Evin
Leila Sabz Ali Jama'at, an instructor of Erfan Halgheh (mystic school), turned in herself to the...
Iran: Marriage of girls 7-11 years of age
On July 11, 2016, the state-run Shahrvand newspaper published a report about child brides in a...
Iran: Security maneuvers on Mazandaran’s beaches
Security plans to control women’s veiling will intensify on Mazadaran Province's beaches. This was announced by...
Iran: Women’s apparel collected from commercial businesses
Six business units were shut down in the central Iranian Alborz Province in the security forces'...
Iran: Commemorating victims of 1988 massacre
Mansoureh Behkish, a human rights activist and a relative of political prisoners massacred in 1988 in...
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.