HUMAN RIGHTS
Event: The State Of Human Rights In Iran by National Press Club
US Representative of IOPHR, Hamid Gharagozloo, was one of the speakers at the 30th June event "The State of Human Rights in Iran: Live Reports from Iran by Eyewitnesses & Experts" which was organised by National Press Club and held in Washington D.C. The full video of the...
IOPHR Statement in Support of the Nationwide Strikes in Iran
The right to strike has been a legal right for more than one hundred and fifty years for all citizens in a democratic society, as means of mass civil disobedience, protesting against unfavourable working conditions, inequality of labour practices and the lack of a proper...
IOPHR Statement regarding the Transfer of the Presidency to a person who has openly committed Crimes Against Humanity
Ali Khamenei, the self-proclaimed leader and religious dictator of Iran, last week in a scandalous show, through a sham of an election handed over the presidency of Iran to Ebrahim Raeisi, a man who has committed crimes against humanity. Ebrahim Raeisi, known as the perpetrator...
The statement of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in regards to the 2021 Iranian Presidential Election
Unfortunately, for many years in Iran, political power as well as public assets have been concentrated in the hands of a person called the "leader" or the Supreme Leader, through various manipulations of the Iranian constitution. The Leadership is elected by the members of the...
Death Threats Against IOPHR Members by the Iranian regime
Today at the Weekly IRF Roundtable meeting, our IOPHR representative and Chair of the Iran Action Group presented the following report: As the tragic comedy of the presidential election in Iran looms, Ayatollah Khamenei and his occupying regime, faced with a nation determined...
Human Rights Violations in Iran and Death Threats against Dr. Seyed Azmayesh
Our IOPHR representative, Hamid Gharagozloo and chair of the Iran action group at IRF gave his report at the Weekly IRF Roundtable meeting. At a time when the regime in Iran is facing insurmountable existential challenges, both at home and abroad, such as the critical...
MEPs Statement – MEPs urge the immediate release of Mr. Mohammad Nourizad
IOPHR has received a letter of support and a statement from Members of the European Parliament, demanding the immediate release of renowned filmmaker and human rights defender, Mr Nourizad from prison in Iran. Mohammad Nourizad’s life is in grave danger, as he is being tortured...
Necessity of Human Rights as a Key Component of the US Negotiations with Iran
The Iran Working Group at the US Office of International Religious Freedom has sent following letter to President Biden and his administration. Behnam Mahjoubi, a Gonabadi Sufi who endured vicious physical and mental torture in the infamous Evin prison in Iran for the past two...
IOPHR statement on the need to immediately terminate the infamous agreement between the Iranian regime and the Chinese government, known as the Strategic Agreement
The publication of reports about the disreputable agreement between the leaders of the ruling regime in Iran and the Chinese Communist Party has caused a great deal of concern. What raises these concerns is the refusal of the parties to clearly disclose the details of this...