Iran: Young woman set ablaze by husband on ‘honor’ allegations
Maria Khanbegi, a 26-year-old woman, died in a hospital on November 16, 2014, two weeks after...
Women's News
Iran: Over 3,000 homeless women sleeping in Tehran streets
Rahmattolah Hafezi, Chair of the Health and Environment Commission in the city council, announced on Friday,...
Iran: Mrs. Homa Roshanaei (Sadegh), a heroic mother, passed away
Mrs. Homa Roshanaei (Sadegh), the heroic mother of two distinguished PMOI martyrs, whose extraordinary resistance in...
Another Camp Liberty relative is denied medical care in Iranian regime’s prisons
Political prisoner Motahareh Bahrami, is suffering from severe rheumatoid arthritis, which has resulted in joint pain...
Iran: Remembering Reyhaneh, after becoming eternal (Note by Shole Pakravan, Reyhaneh’s mother)
Remembering Reyhaneh, seven days after becoming eternal(Note by Shole Pakravan, Reyhaneh’s mother)According to the judiciary’s documents,...
Iran: Medical care denied for political prisoner Reyhaneh Haj Ibrahim
Khamenei’s authorities are depriving political prisoner Reyhaneh Haj Ibrahim, a relative of Camp Liberty residents, from...
Mother calls on Iranians to take part in her son’s murderers’ court
Following years of follow-ups by a grieving family and human rights activists, the court hearings of...
Iran: Human rights activist Hakimeh Shokri in Evin prison
Hakimeh Shokri, a supporter of political prisoners’ families, was arrested on October 22, 2012 in Tehran’s...
Iran: Ghazvin International University students support acid attack victims
On November 13, a group of Ghazvin’s International University students staged a rally protesting acid attacks...
Iran: 318 acid attacks this year and no arrests!
In an attempt to whitewash the recent atrocious acid attacks against women in Iran, Ahmadi Moghadam,...
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.