Iran: Women threatened to be dealt with in streets
A major state-run news agency, Fars, published an article on the need to impose more restrictions...
Women's News
Iran: Rouhani calls for investigations on hijab
The Iranian regime’s president ordered the Interior Ministry to prepare a comprehensive report with the help...
Iran: Young women embrace death
A 21-year-old Kurdish woman committed suicide in the morning of July 11, 2016, and lost her...
Iran: Christian prisoner to continue her hunger strike at any cost
The mother of Christian prisoner Maryam Naghash Zargaran stressed that her daughter will continue her hunger...
Iran: Charges raised against dual nationalities arrested
Homa Houdfar and Nazanin Zaghari were officially charged by the Iranian regime. Tehran’s public prosecutor, Jafar...
Iran: Wasting time on Hijab will jeopardize Tehran’s security
"The seminaries' silence and failure to fulfill their duties will lead to even more undesirable conditions...
Iran: Civil activist summoned for the fourth time
Civil activist Shima Babaii was summoned by the Intelligence Ministry for the fourth time on Monday,...
Iran: Political prisoner deprived of lawyer, medical treatment
After two years of imprisonment, the case of the Kurdish political prisoner Golnaz Ahangkhosh is still...
Iran: University graduates are unemployed
An Education Ministry official announced the rate of unemployment among educated women has increased. Farjadi said...
Iran: Political prisoner deprived of necessary medical treatment
Officials of Mashhad’s Vakilabad Prison have prevented dispatch of political prisoner Nahid Gorji to hospital. She...
Sign the Petition: Demand Urgent International Action to Protect Women Prisoners in Iran
Iran's Women Prisoners: A Human Rights Emergency Demanding Immediate International Action September 2026 To: The UN High Commissioner for Human...
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...
From a Strategic Paradigm Shift to a Vanguard Movement
The Journey of Women’s Leadership in the Iranian Resistance The period between October 18 and October 22 marks a pivotal...
Femicide in Iran: When the Law Grants Killers Impunity Instead of Protecting Women
One week, several victims: The true face of violence against women in Iran Femicide in Iran: In just a few...
When Mothers Manage Hunger: Shrinking Food Budgets for Women and Children in Iran
Poverty and deprivation move from the margins to the mainstream For many countries, World Food Day and the International Day...
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.