: Goal and Purposes: Iranian older women population is growing and becoming older due to fertility
decline and also success of health programs resulting in increases in life expectancy. As in the last two decades the
population of elderly women increased from 3% to 4.1% and to 7 percent in recent census. It is expected that over
the future decades this increasing trend continues due to the increasing number of elderly women worldwide and
markedly increasing of life expectancy of women after 50 years, it is expected that women represent a larger number
and proportion of Iran older people population. However, surprisingly, the statistics show that in 1976 to 2005 the
population of the elderly women has declined in each decade. This situation occurred while life expectancy in men
is usually less than women. Therefore in this paper we try to review the situation of Iranian elderly women in the
Iranian population in terms of the elderly woman's health, education, family status, employment, quality of life,
social isolation. Methods: This study is a review study that have been made with the views of experts by interview
with experts, expert panel, group discussions and also extracting information from relevant books, and articles.
Finally, the results were analyzed. Results: Considering the status of elderly women from various dimensions,
including physical health, psychological, familial and social we find out that Iranian elderly women are not only
vulnerable groups in term of their gender but also are in risk of different problems in elder years. This causes that
this group threat double way in terms of quantity and quality of life. In this article we are going to evaluate Iranian
older women from different dimensions aimed to attract focus of the politicians and decision makers to the elderly,
especially elderly women. Future high quality national studies are required to be conducted in Iran to investigate
physical, psychological and social aspects of Iranian older women