Iran: Severe gender segregation in Isfahan’s Dolat Abad University
The gender segregation regulations imposed in Isfahan’s Dowlat Abad University since 2013 continues to expand.“First, they...
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11 prisoners, including 1 woman, executed in one day in Ghezel Hesar Prison
Eleven prisoners, including one woman were executed on the morning of December 2, 2014. Akram Hosseini,...
Female political prisoners in Orumieh prison join nationwide hunger strike
Female prisoners in Orumieh prison, joined political prisoners in other cities on their 12th day of...
Iran: Qom Friday prayer leader asks plainclothes to crackdown on women
Mullah Hosseini Bushehri, Khamenei’s Friday prayer leader in Qom called on the regime’s plainclothes agents and...
Perpetrator of Jahrom stabbing: “The Friday Prayer Imam said spilling blood of a mal-veiled women is acceptable”
Twelve women, including five university students were stabbed in their hips by the Iranian regime’s agents...
Iran: Women banned from entering volleyball stadium, again!
On November 26, 2014, some 30 women attempted to watch a volleyball match at a stadium...
Iran: Sattar Beheshti’s mother takes part in campaign to stop violence against women
Gohar Eshqi, the mother of murdered blogger, Sattar Beheshti, posted a picture of herself joining the...
Iran: Mullahs claim that success results in depression in women!
The Revolutionary Guards news agency, Javan, wrote a piece trying to eliminate women from management jobs....
Iran: Christian woman traumatized after sexual harassment by female guards in Evin Prison
Maryam Naghash Zargaran, (Nassim) was allowed a short 4-day leave from 8 to 12 November, after...
Iran: Reyhaneh Jabbari’s body was left to hang for an hour
Shole Pakravan, mother of the late Reyhaneh Jabbari, wrote, “Look at this picture, how happy and...
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.