Christian Convert Held in Limbo: The Case of Ghazal Marzban in Evin Prison
Ghazal Marzban, a Christian convert and legal professional, has been detained for over 40 days in...
Women's News
Iranian Student Activist Leila Hosseinzadeh Expelled from University and Barred from Education
Leila Hosseinzadeh, a prominent 31-year-old Iranian student activist and anthropology graduate at the University of Tehran,...
UN 71st Resolution Condemns Iran’s Human Rights Violations, Targeted Repression of Women
The United Nations General Assembly adopted its 71st resolution on December 17, 2024, denouncing the Iranian...
Zeinab Jalalian: Continued Denial of Medical Care and Family Visits for Iranian Political Prisoner
Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish political prisoner serving a life sentence in the central Iranian city of...
Yazd Central Prison: One Woman Among 7 Prisoners Executed
5 Women Executed in Iran in the First Half of December In the early hours of...
Kurdish Teacher and Union Activist in Sanandaj Suspended for Two Months Following Disciplinary Ruling
Sanandaj, Western Iran—Leila Salimi, a prominent teacher and union activist from Sanandaj, the capital of Iran’s...
Detained Women’s Rights Activist Siran Khosravi Held in Uncertainty for Nearly a Month
Sanandaj, Western Iran – Siran Khosravi, a 37-year-old women’s rights activist from Sanandaj, has been in...
Varisha Moradi Faces Health Crisis Without Access to Treatment
Iranian Regime Denies Medical Care to Political Prisoner on Death Row Varisha Moradi, a political prisoner...
Kowsar Dehban Zadeh: Over Two Months of Uncertainty in Shiraz Detention Center
Kowsar Dehban Zadeh, sister of political prisoner Maysam Dehban Zadeh, has been held in prolonged detention...
Shiva Esmaeli: Political Prisoner Denied Family Visits and Contact in Evin Prison
Sixty-year-old political prisoner Shiva Esmaeli, a retired agricultural engineer and mother of several children, remains detained...
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...
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...
More than 4,000 Prominent Political and Social Figures Call for the Revocation of Arghavan Fallahi’s Death Sentence
More than 4000 prominent political and social figures, including elected representatives, university professors, educators, lawyers, judges, authors, artists, leaders of...
Iran: Continued Arrests and Long Prison Terms for Women Protesters
January 2026 nationwide uprising has been followed by a wave of continued arrests, harsh sentences, and continued judicial uncertainty for...
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.