“Today in Iran, economic deprivation, cultural destitution, addiction, homelessness, and child marriages are among the factors driving women towards selling their children
,” said Shahindokht Molaverdi, the presidential deputy for Women and Family Affairs.
She added: “We see infants being sold even before birth. There is no specific statistics available on the number of these children but their number is so much that they have made news. (State-run ILNA news agency, June 22, 2016)
Leila Chegini, a political prisoner in Nowshahr Prison, is in poor health. Ms. Chegini has severe problems with her legs and back. “Her legs are very swollen and...
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Solidarity with nationwide protests over price hikes Simultaneous with the protests and popular uprisings in different cities against price hikes, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared sent a message...
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Teachers' demonstrations in 38 cities in 20 Iranian provinces. Teachers held demonstrations in 20 provinces and at least 38 Iranian cities despite the clerical regime's strict security measures.On...
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The number of women executed in Iran since the summer of 2013 reaches 132 The authorities of the Central Prison of Zahedan hanged a Baluchi woman on the...
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Iranian intelligence services arbitrarily arrested four women documentary filmmakers and photographers in Tehran on May 9 and 10, 2022. Firoozeh Khosravani Firoozeh Khosravani, a documentary filmmaker and director,...
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The clerical regime is the main culprit “Climate Change in Iran; women are the prime victims, the clerical regime is...
NCRI Annual Report 2022; Iranian women lead the fight for freedom and equality On the eve of International Women’s Day,...
The Iranian Judiciary covers up violence against women In today’s Iran, we witness the constant spread of violence against women....
Every year on May 1, we celebrate International Workers' Day. However, this is a day of grave concern for labor...
Brave mothers rise up to expose the crimes of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards April 27, 1981, has been registered under...
International Earth Day – A look at the mullahs’ destructive policies April 22 is called International Earth Day. This is...
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.
