Iran: Sky patrols to prevent women’s defiance of mandatory veil
The Greater Tehran’s State Security Force Commander announced that SSF forces are going to be stationed...
Women's News
Iran: Female deputy questions minister on women’s solo singing
Zohreh Tayyebzadeh, member of the mullahs’ parliament, submitted a question on Monday, December 14, 2015, to...
Iran: Rouhani government issues stoning for woman
News agencies in Iran reported on 9 December, “The murder suspects of a young man have...
Iran: activist on hunger strike protests death sentence of political prisoner
Azam Najafi, a protester opposing the death sentence issued for Mohammad Ali Taheri, has been on...
Iran: agents’ threats lead to internal brain bleeding for mother in grief
Political prisoner Amir Anvari, who was recently released from prison and escaped Iran, wrote in his...
Iran: female prisoners held in inhumane conditions
A report received from Zahedan, southeast Iran, states that three female prisoners on death row are...
Iran: brilliant student deprived of education
Delaram Sadeghzadeh, a student ranked sixth in the country’s national exams, has been deprived of higher...
Women vote, stand for office for first time in Saudi Arabia
Seventeen women have won seats in municipal councils in Saudi Arabia as women were allowed to...
Iran: Daughter goes on hunger strike to save her father
Donya Bayemani has been on hunger strike for three days to protest her father’s transfer to...
No compensation for parents of girls who died in fire
Three years ago during a fire incident at a school in Shinabad of Kurdistan, 28 young...
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...
A Report to CSW70: Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law
Structural Inequality and State-Sanctioned Oppression of Women Gender-Based Discrimination Under Iranian Law” is the title of the NCRI Women’s Committee’s...
Annual Report 2026: From Protests, to Uprising, and the Role of Iranian Women
On the eve of International Women’s Day 2026, the NCRI Women’s Committee presents its Annual Report 2026, offering a recap...
Aziz Rezaei: Mother of Resistance, Teacher of Steadfastness
In the contemporary history of Iran, there are names that live not merely as memories, but as paths. The name...
Iranian Student Recounts Prison Abuse: My Brother Was Tortured before My Eyes
On May 10, 2026, the Daily Mail published an interview with Iranian student Shabnam Madadzadeh, a former political prisoner, member...
The Commercial Complex Death Trap: When Corruption and Rente Burn Iranian Women to Ashes
On the evening of Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Arghavan commercialcomplex in Shahriar County, west of Tehran, became a death...
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.