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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 to the recent...
An open letter from the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) to all Members of UK Parliament, regarding Mr. Vahid Beheshti’s hunger strike and his request for the proscription of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Dear Member of Parliament, 13 April 2023 - As of today, 50 days have passed since Mr. Vahid Beheshti began his hunger strike and sit-in protest in front of the headquarters of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs in White Hall, London. Mr. Vahid Beheshti has taken this brave and selfless action in...
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 government to comply with the...
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 confirmed sources...
UK Parliament, 8th Feb 2023 – How to Stop the Global Threat of the Iranian Regime
On the 8th February, IOPHR held an event at the UK parliament under the title of: “How to Stop the Global Threat of the Iranian Regime”. The speakers at this event were Javaid Rehman – The UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Anna Firth MP – a...
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, as the primary...
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 twenty-third spring of his...
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 the IOPHR legal...
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 (IOPHR). The IOPHR is an...