Sep 9, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights, News
On the evening of 6th September 2022, Mr Amir Ali Labaf, a human rights activist’s life was threatened by a group of agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran within the Gonabadi Sufi order, who also threatened to assault and rape Mr Labaf’s wife. According to the file...
Jul 29, 2022 | News, Urgent Action, Women's Rights
IOPHR has initiated a petition for the unjustly imprisoned human rights activist Maryam Akbari Monfared. See below: Maryam’s Story Iranian Human Rights Activist Maryam Akbari Monfared was arrested on 31 December 2009 and was forcibly disappeared for five months. She...
Jul 16, 2021 | Human Rights, News, Press Release, Women's Rights
The regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from the very first days of its establishment, has consistently attempted to eliminate its opponents inside and outside the country, by measures such as assassinations, kidnappings and executions. According to some...
Apr 9, 2021 | Human Rights, News
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...
Oct 19, 2020 | Articles, Human Rights, Women's Rights
By: Hamid Gharagozloo, Op-ed Contributor as posted in Christianpost.com According to the reports of multiple international organizations, Iran is one of the primary sources and points of exchange – both in terms of import and export – of human trafficking...
