Iran: Women lack economic security at home
"The number of female university students and staff and graduate students in Kerman Province is higher...
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Iran: presidential directorate under attack for holding conference on prostitution
News reports from a meeting on the prevalence of prostitution in Iran under the clerical regime's...
Iran: Article assails meeting that gave away “chastity”
In reaction to the meeting on prostitution and its shocking statistics in Iran, co-sponsored by the...
Iran: Women trafficked to Basra, Iraq, for prostitution
Members of a human trafficking gang who smuggled people from Iran to Basra, Iraq, have been...
Iran: Female deputy calls on judiciary to prevent women’s solo singing
Following the uproar on a woman's solo singing with Tehran's Symphonic Orchestra paying tribute to the...
Iran: Poor ranking on women’s political participation
In a meeting discussing the legal grounds for women's political participation, it was revealed that the...
Iran:Juvenile hangings prompt UN’s Ban Ki-Moon to ask Iran to suspend executions
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/19/iran-ban-ki-moon-executions-hangings-united-nations The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has called on Iran to impose a moratorium on executions...
Iran: Prisoner of conscience remains on hunger strike
Mohammad Ali Taheri, a prisoner of conscience in Evin Prison, saw his health conditions deteriorate seriously...
Iran:Number of single-mother families rising in Iran
Ali Akbar Mahzoun, director general of the Statistics Info and Immigration Bureau in the Iran Census...
Iran: State-run daily protests to female soloist
The State-run Javan Daily protested to female soloists singing in ceremonies of the month of Moharam...
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...
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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.