Iran: Women protest rulings by Judiciary
Mothers of two imprisoned civil activists, Omid Ali Shenas and Atena Daemi, along with the mother...
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Iran: Sexual harassment of two foreign journalists
The report on sexual harassment of two Italian journalists who had recently travelled to Iran has...
Iran: Political prisoner denied proper treatment
The blood pressure of political prisoner Sedigheh Moradi dropped to a dangerous 6 over 4 low...
Iran: One-third of Iranians sleeping in cardboard boxes are women
Prevention Deputy of Isfahan Province's General Welfare Department announced that out of 15,000 Iranians who sleep...
Iran: Concern over challenges of UN women’s summit posed to mullah regime
The state-run Mehr news agency published a report this morning expressing concern over the challenges the...
Iran: Female sit-in protester arrested in Qom
Ms. Baharin Asgarieh was arrested on August 27, by unknown persons while praying at the Holy...
Iran: Families, mothers of 1988 massacre victims banned from visiting graves
Forces of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry and security police confronted the families and relatives of victims...
Iran: Mothers of execution victims joined workers protests
On the morning of Monday, August 24, a group of rights activists including the mothers of...
Iran: Feminine face of poverty in Shiraz
"The face of poverty has become feminine," said director of the state-run Assistance Committee (charity) in...
Iran: Rising number of women sleeping on streets, alarming
"Unfortunately, the number of women who sleep in cardboard boxes have increased relative to their own...
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.