The recent escalating tension in West Asia between Israel and Iran has sparked international eyeballs. However, amidst these discussions, the escalating women’s rights violations happening within Iran have not been discussed. In this article, the authors talk about the responsibility of the international community under international law to safeguard women’s rights in Iran and globally. Simply stated, The Islamic Republic can be understood as an example of a hybrid authoritarian regime comprised of nonelective and elective institutions, whereby the former in conjunction with powerful security and military institutions, regularly seek to dominate and shape the outcomes of the latter. In this context, the role of the Guardian Council symbolises the ‘repressive state apparatus’ where the full weight of the law and coercive power of the state proscribes and persecutes.