Iran: Political prisoner transferred from Gharchak prison to Evin after threatening to stage hunger strike
Political prisoner Hakimeh Shokri, who was held in Evin Prison from December 2012, was illegally transferred...
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Domestic violence backed by law in Iran
Based on a research carried out by the Office of Social Affairs of Iran’s Interior Ministry...
Unemployment rising among Iranian women
In Iran only 12% of women are employed, and 52% of those employed have unofficial jobs,...
Iran: ‘Guidance’ teams stationed to control women during the Iranian New Year
Mullah Mohammad Zarean, head of the Department of ‘Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’, announced...
Iran: Misusing name of most prestigious female figure in Islam to crackdown on women
Mullah Mohsen Shabestari, Khamenei’s representative in East Azerbaijan Province, tried to manipulate a ceremony marking the...
Case of British-Iranian prisoner closed with a 1 billion Rial bail payment
British-Iranian national, Ghoncheh Ghavami, who was arrested along with other women on 20 June 2014 for...
Iranian women’s advances in becoming Chief Editors despite obstacles
Despite the pressures and discrimination enforced on journalists and women in Iran under the mullahs’ rule,...
Iran: Welcoming New Year and remembering political prisoners
Families of political prisoners welcomed Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, outside prisons where their loved ones...
Iran: Victims depict horrific conditions of Gharchak Varamin Prison (Part 1)
Elham Ferdowsi, a college student in Economy, had spent the last two years in Gharchak Varamin...
Iran: Images of young woman attacked and arrested for improper veiling
A young woman in was attacked violently and arrested by State Security Forces in Tehran’s Farahzahd...
More than 400 Prominent Women Demand Halt to Iran Execution of Political Prisoner Zahra Tabari
More than 400 prominent women from across the globe, among them Nobel Prize winners, former presidents and prime ministers, parliamentarians,...
The Gendered Dimensions of the Water Crisis in Iran: Impacts on Women’s Health, Livelihoods, and Security
How Iranian Women Shoulder the Heavy Burden of a Deepening Crisis Download Italian Version The water crisis in Iran has...
The Failure of Iran’s Population Growth Law Despite the Repression of Women
A Glance at a Costly and Ineffective Policy The “Youthful Population Law” in Iran vs. Women’s Human Rights Following a...
Why Iran’s Nationwide Uprising Continues Despite Brutal Repression
Uprising Enters 17th Day Across Iran On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Iran’s nationwide uprising entered its 17th consecutive day, with...
Nationwide Iran Uprising Expands to 207 Cities; Protesters’ Morale Remains High Despite Bloody Crackdown
On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, the nationwide Iran uprising entered its third week, spreading to at least 207 cities and...
Internet Shutdown and Suppression Orders: Death Toll Surpasses 3,000
Partial list of women detained during the nationwide uprising The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) announced today, January 12,...
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.