HUMAN RIGHTS
Open Letter to United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, in regards to her questionable visit to Iran
Dear Ms. Nada Al-Nashif United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights On behalf of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR), we are writing to you as we believe that your upcoming trip to Iran from 2nd - 5th February is a matter of great...
IOPHR Open Letter to Josep Borrell urging the Listing of the IRGC as a Terrorist Group by the European Union
Dear Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles High Representative & Vice President of the European Commission The Israeli citizens and their government are embroiled in an intense conflict, primarily fueled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from Tehran....
The statement of IOPHR condemning the terrorist attack by the mercenaries of Hamas and Hezbollah against the people of Israel
The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) strongly condemns the cowardly attack of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists against the Israeli people. This attack, which was carried out with the aim of disrupting the Middle East peace process, took place after the...
IOPHR Statement on the First Anniversary of the Bloody Massacre and Tragedy in Zahedan
One year has elapsed since Zahedan's Bloody Friday. On the 30th of September last year, a horrifying act of violence occurred in Zahedan, Iran, an incident that continues to haunt every advocate of freedom. Unarmed Iranian worshipers, returning from Friday prayers, were...
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,...