Iran – women: Ex-French embassy employee arrested
Nazak Afshar, former employee of the French Embassy in Tehran, was arrested at the airport upon...
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Iran: Women beaten up for celebrating IWD
Intelligence and plainclothes agents raided a hall in a crowded district of the western city of...
Iran: Women victims of drug-related crimes
Parviz Afshar, spokesman for the Anti-Narcotics Staff acknowledged that women are rarely involved in organized crimes...
Iran – women: 27 people arrested in a party
Javad Shakeri, Public Prosecutor of Torghabeh and Shandiz (northeastern Iran), announced 27 men and women were...
Iran – women: 460 students summoned for mal-veiling
The Student Services Council in Iran announced that 100 student were summoned to the Elm-o Sanat...
Iran – women: Male-dominated job market of Iran
The world's average participation of women in the job market is 50 percent and 20 percent...
Iran – Women: Social network activist in jail
Sahar Eliyasi, 22, arrested by security forces on October 14, 2015, is still in jail. She...
Iran: Inhuman conditions of women’s prison of Yazd
A former political prisoner shared her one-year-experiences from Yazd Prison after being released. She said: The...
Iran: Celebrating International Women’s Day, mullah-style
Just one day before the International Women's Day, the misogynist judiciary authorities of Hormuzgan Province (southern...
Iran: Woman’s murderer sentenced to only two years prison
A man who had killed and burnt his sister-in-law was sentenced to only 2 years imprisonment....
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...
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...
Iran Healthcare Workers Protest Against Severe Livelihood and Structural Crises
In the summer of 2026, an Iran healthcare workers protest wave highlights how the country’s health system faces chronic financial...
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.