Hoda Mehreganfar: Continued Detention and Deteriorating Health in Adelabad Prison
Over 210 days have passed since the arrest of Hoda Mehreganfar and her father. The two...
Women's News
Female Political Prisoners in Evin Chant Against the Death Penalty
Female political prisoners in the women's ward of Tehran's Evin Prison joined the nationwide campaign "No...
Detained Without Charge: Ayda Najaflou, Christian Convert, Remains in Legal Limbo
Ayda Najaflou, a Christian convert, has been held in legal limbo in Tehran’s Evin Prison for...
Tragic Death of Raha Ghanbari, 7, After Methadone Poisoning
Raha Ghanbari, a seven-year-old girl from the city of Qaemshahr in northern Iran, died on the...
Mahtab Amiri Executed at Adelabad Prison in Shiraz
In the early hours of Wednesday, May 7, 2025, a female prisoner named Mahtab Amiri was...
No to Execution: Protests in Tehran and 19 Cities Against the Death Penalty
On the 68th week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign, families of political prisoners gathered...
Mahboubeh Khosronejad Executed in Gorgan Prison
On the morning of Monday, May 12, 2025, a woman was executed in the Central Prison...
School Van Fire in Urmia Claims the Life of a Young Student
On Saturday, May 10, Mahsa Asghari, a young schoolgirl who had suffered severe burns in a...
Denied Treatment: The Silent Torture of Political Prisoners in Iran
The Iranian regime continues to deny sick political prisoners proper medical care, refusing both hospital transfers...
Femicide in Iran: Fatemeh Barkhordari, a Schoolteacher, Brutally Murdered by Her Husband
In yet another heartbreaking case of femicide in Iran, Fatemeh Barkhordari, a public schoolteacher in the...
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...
Women Teachers in Iran Struggle with Inflation and Low Wages
Every year, October 5, World Teachers’ Day, provides an opportunity to recognize millions of teachers around the world and to...
Health Crisis and Overcrowding in the Women’s Ward of Fardis Prison
Fardis Prison in Karaj, also known as Kachouii Prison or the Fardis Correctional Facility, is in the Hosseinabad area of...
New Academic Year 2026 in Iran: Female University Students Face Security, Economic, and Educational Pressures
At the beginning of the new academic year, students at universities across Iran are facing a range of problems and...
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.