New crackdown on women dressing like ‘mannequins’
NCRI - April 29, 2013 - The Iranian regime has launched a tough new crackdown on...
Women's News
Stoning remains legal punishment in Iran
NCRI - April 29, 2013 - The Iranian regime has denied abolishing the medieval punishment of...
Cars of ‘improperly veiled’ women will be confiscated by regime police
NCRI - Women in Iran have been warned they will have their cars confiscated for three...
Four hanged including two women
NCRI - The Iranian regime's has hanged four prisoners in western city of Kermanshah on Monday.The...
Iran: Women prisoners beaten for protest over bread shortages
NCRI - Women prisoners have been beaten and locked in solitary confinement for protesting at the...
Discriminatory Laws on Women in Iran
The mullahs' misogynous regime began its systematic suppression of women immediately after it took power in...
Death penalty in Iran – 2012
NCRI - In Amnesty International’s report on death penalty statistics across the globe in 2012, the...
More harsh restrictions on women to be enforced next month
NCRI - April 10, 2013 - Iranian regime has announced a fresh clampdown on freedoms with...
Iranian women need governmental permission to marry foreigners
A Supreme Court judge, cleric Qorbani, stated: "If an Iranian woman marries a foreigner without governmental...
UN reports Iran’s rank on inequality
The United Nation’s latest report on Human Development was officially published yesterday. UN declared in its...
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.