HUMAN RIGHTS
September 16th – The one year anniversary of Mahsa Jina Amini’s tragic killing and an ever-more determined global call for a free and democratic Iran
Saturday, September 16th, marked the solemn anniversary of the tragic death of the Iranian girl, Mahsa Gina Amini. A year ago, authorities of the Iranian regime tragically took the life of an innocent girl, falsely justifying their actions by citing her inadequate hair...
Open Letter to Volker Türk and Václav Bálek – condemnation of recent appointment of Ali Bahreini as head of the Social Forum in the Human Rights Council
To: Volker Türk (United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) and Václav Bálek (President of the Human Rights Council) The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) would like to express its deep disappointment and strong objection...
The statement of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) regarding the proscribing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
It has been more than forty-five days since the sit-in hunger strike of human rights activist Mr. Vahid Beheshti, the director of the popular news channel, DorrTV, outside of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with the aim of persuading the British...
The statement of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) regarding the use of chemical poisons by Basij groups, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, against girls’ schools in Iran.
Reliable news outlets have reported the death of at least one young female student, as a result of poisoning caused by the Basiji groups affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps against a number of girls' schools in various cities in Iran. The reports received from...
The open letter of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) to Mr. Josep Borrell, the VP of the European Commission and the Head of the EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, regarding the disturbing cases of rape and sexual assault by the prison officials of the IRI
To: Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles (The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission) As you might be aware, the IOPHR has repeatedly stressed the need to put the issue of human rights in Iran,...
IOPHR statement on the Islamic Republic’s disturbing plans to take further innocent lives, through the issuance of more death sentences, including children as young as 15!
Once again, one of the promising youths of Iran has become a victim of the tyrannical blood-thirty regime ruling Iran. As the young Mohsen Shekari, who in response to the innate human desire for freedom wanted to change Iran, sadly did not get the chance to experience the...
Iran – A Women Led Revolution
On the 30th of November, IOPHR held a successful and informative event at the UK Parliament on the human rights situation in Iran and the recent uprising which was sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini. The event was well visited by ministers, delegates of embassies as well as...
The open letter of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) to Mr. Josep Borrell, the Vice President of the European Commission and the head of the European Union’s foreign policy, on changing the state of recognition of Iran’s ruling regime from “De Jure” to “De Facto”
To: Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles (The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission) I am writing this open letter to you on behalf of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights...
The statement of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) regarding the brutal murder of Nika Shakarami
In continuation of the daily crimes and oppressions of the ruling regime of Iran on the people of Iran, a very shocking news has recently been published about the kidnapping, torture, and the murder of a sixteen-year-old Iranian girl known as Nika Shakarami. Nika Shakarami, a...