A HY zeolite supported by highly dispersed electrogenerated iron oxide nanoparticles (EGFe 2 O 3 /HY) was prepared by a facile electrochemical method and has been characterized using XRD, TEM, BET, UV-vis/DRS, and XPS. The formation of EGFe 2 O 3 nanoparticles with a size of o30 nm, well distributed on the surface of HY, led to enhanced catalytic activity for the decolorization of organic dyes such as methylene blue (MB), congo red (CR), and methyl orange (MO) under sunlight irradiation. The MB dye shows the highest decolorization (99.9%) followed by CR (96.4%) and MO (91.3%). Kinetics study signifies that the reaction follows pseudo first-order kinetics, and the rate constants was determined using the Langmuir-Hinshelwood model which gave values of K R = 0.48 mg L À1 h À1 , K LH = 3.83 L mg À1 for MB; K R = 0.39 mg L À1 h À1 , K LH = 1.78 L mg À1 for CR; and K R = 0.29 mg L À1 h À1 , K LH = 0.13 L mg À1 for MO. No dissolution of EGFe 2 O 3 ions was detected during the photoreaction. The catalyst was stable with a slight decrease of decolorization (o13%) after five cycling runs. Good performance of the decolorization of simulated dyes was observed with nearly complete mineralization as measured by COD and TOC removal.