URGENT: Immediate Action needed by government Bosnia Herzegovina to Protect the Life of Mr. Amir Labbaf
According to reports, Mr. Amir Labbaf, an Iranian asylum seeker based in the Sadr camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been on a hunger strike since the 28th March in order to protest the lack of security and medical care inside the Sadr...
IOPHR Statement on the need to provide immediate Security for Mr. Amir Labbaf
According to reports received, Mr. Amir Labbaf, an Iranian asylum seeker based in the Sadr Camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has gone on a hunger strike in order to protest the lack of security and medical care in Sadr Camp. Mr. Labbaf was...
More MEP’s have joined to demand the Iranian government to investigate the death of Behnam Mahjoubi and to adhere to articles of their own law, which provides prisoners with appropriate care and medicine
Brussels 17th March 2021More MEPs have joined the call for an investigation into the dire conditions of the prisoners in Iran and the unlawful death of Mahjoubi, who was killed through poisoning while in prison during the last days of his...
MEP’s demand the Iranian government to investigate the death of Behnam Mahjoubi and to adhere to articles of their own law, which provides prisoners with appropriate care and medicine
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, DEMAND THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE THE DEATH OF BEHNAM MAHJOUBI AND TO ADHERE TO ARTICLES OF THEIR OWN LAW, WHICH PROVIDES PRISONERS WITH APPROPRIATE CARE AND MEDICINE. The...
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...
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...
URGENT: Immediate Action needed by government Bosnia Herzegovina to Protect the Life of Mr. Amir Labbaf
According to reports, Mr. Amir Labbaf, an Iranian asylum seeker based in the Sadr camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has been on a hunger strike since the 28th March in order to protest the lack of security and medical care inside the Sadr camp. Mr Labbaf, who is an...
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...
IOPHR’s Statement regarding the Dire Health Condition of Teachers’ Rights Activist Mr. Hashem Khastar
Once again, the IOPHR would like to draw the attention of all international organisations to the plight of prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in Iranian prisons, especially Mr. Hashem Khastar - the imprisoned teacher and activist, who has sadly spent...
IOPHR Statement on the EU’s Discriminatory Approach Towards Human Rights
In disbelief, on Monday 1st March, the EU held a joint trade meeting with the Iranian anti-human rights system under the title of Europe-Iran Business Forum, in which unfortunately, the Deputy Director of the European External Action Service, Mr. Enrique Mora...
IOPHR Statement regarding the responsibility of the Islamic Republic of Iran in protecting the lives of prisoners of conscience
Following the cowardly murder of a prisoner of conscience, Mr. Behnam Mahjoubi, at the Evin Prison Medical Centre through poisoning, the IOPHR expresses its deep concern in regards to the safety and health of political and non-political Sufi prisoners in Iran. In this...
IOPHR Statement in regards to the detaining of the body of the murdered prisoner Mr. Behnam Mahjoubi by the Islamic Republic of Iran
According to reports received, the security agents of the ruling regime in Iran, have refused to hand over the lifeless body of the brave prisoner of conscience, Behnam Mahjoubi, who was killed in the Evin prison hospital due to poisoning. The authorities have made...
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The approach of IOPHR is based on research, education and social participation. We organize a series of academic conferences, research-based panels, publications and cultural events, that are aimed at facilitating an open dialogue within communities, highlighting core issues that threaten human rights in a democratic society, and formulating systematic and sustainable solutions. We embrace socio-cultural diversity and strongly encourage community involvement.
Iranian dissidents call upon President Joe Biden to keep pressure on the Iranian government
On the 1st February, an open letter was sent to the new US President Elect Joe Biden by prominent and leading figures from Iran, the Coalition of Committed for a Secular Democratic Constitution in Iran, to ask the US government to maintain maximum political,...
IOPHR’s Open Letter to IMF – To stop funding the Iranian Regime and provide aid through International NGO’s
On 16th March 2020 IOPHR sent an open letter to Mrs Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund: Dear Mrs. Kristalina Georgieva, As you are no doubt aware, many Iranian citizens have been infected by the outbreak of the Coronavirus...
IOPHR’s Statement on the occasion of March 8th – The International Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace
IOPHR notes while the Day for Women's Rights and International Peace is rightly celebrated around the world, there are sadly more than forty million Iranian women who are still held captive by a backward looking medieval ideology of the current Iranian Regime. Unfortunately, the Iranian women...
IOPHR’s Statement in connection with the execution of Ms. Zahra Esmaeili and sixteen other prisoners in Iran
The IOPHR strongly condemns the execution of the innocent prisoner Ms. Zahra Esmaeili and 16 other prisoners in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, on the 17th February 2021. Zahra Esmaeili’s lawyer, Omid Moradi wrote on his Facebook page that Zahra Esmaeili suffered a cardiac arrest and died in a state...
Commemorating 40th day since the murder of Behnam Mahjoubi – Public statement of Markus Grübel on discrimination and persecution of Sufis and Baha’is in Iran
“I am calling upon the regime in Iran to release all prisoners of conscience such as the Sufis and the Baha’i community, and to end the persecutions based on religion. No one should be discriminated against due to their religion or belief. With respect to the possible negotiations for a...
IOPHR Statement on the need to provide immediate Security for Mr. Amir Labbaf
According to reports received, Mr. Amir Labbaf, an Iranian asylum seeker based in the Sadr Camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has gone on a hunger strike in order to protest the lack of security and medical care in Sadr Camp. Mr. Labbaf was one of the eyewitnesses and victims of the...
OUR VALUES
IOPHR is a research-based organization, campaigning for social reform and preservation of human rights for all. Our foundational values are equality, equity, mutual respect, peace and inclusivity. Our work is aimed towards upholding the democratic values of secularism, fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals, and the rule of law.
Sex Slavery, Human Trafficking By Iran’s Ruling Regime Must Be Exposed
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...
UN strongly condemns execution of Navid Afkari
Five United Nations human rights experts and special rapporteurs have strongly condemned the execution of Navid Afkari on this past Saturday in Iran. National wrestling champion, Navid Afkari was arrested at a popular demonstration, along with his two brothers, who...
Systemic Massacre and Genocide by the Iranian Judiciary
IOPHR decries the lack of independence of Iran’s judiciary, and its collaborations in human right violations of the Iranian Regime, despite the provisions within the Iranian Constitution requiring the Judiciary to uphold individual and social rights. Especially, as...
Mullahs and the Chinese Communist Party, an unholy alliance
by Hamid Gharagozloo, representative of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in Washington, D.C. What has happened to Iran over the past four decades? Back in 1976, Iran was at the height of its glory after nearly two centuries. As a close...
Khamenei’s final act: international complicity (Part 2)
Christianpost.com Hamid Gharagozloo This is the second of a two-part article examining Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his regime. The U.S. Approach toward the Mullahs — President Obama Unfortunately, President Obama decided to take a...
Khamenei’s final act: Persecuting Iran’s religious minorities (Part 1)
Christianpost.com Hamid Ghargozloo The recent disturbing rise of violent acts against religious minorities in Iran — the internal exiles and transfers of Gonabadi Sufis to COVID-19 infested wards of prisons, the burning of a Christian cemetery, setting fire to...
How Iran’s Khamenei is exploiting COVID-19
Published on Christianpost.com By: Hamid Gharagozloo The vicious oppression of the Muslim population in China is known the world over. Today, there are about 1.8 million Weegers in internment/concentration camps in China. With such an oppressive policy toward its...
Upcoming Event on International Human Rights Day – “From Conflict to Unity: Learning from Beacons of the Past”
In order to stop history repeating itself, we need to learn from the past, and specifically from past thought leaders. Faced with a world that is increasingly becoming divided and witnessing the rise of intolerance and extremism that endangers social cohesion, IOPHR...
IOPHR hosts Ministerial Side Event 19th November on the “Legalisation of child marriage and the oppression of women under Iran’s ruling regime in the last four decades”
On 19th November 2020, IOPHR held a webinar on the “Legalisation of Child Marriage and the Oppression of Women Under Iran’s Ruling Regime in the Last Four Decades.” This event which was hosted by IOPHR in association with the International Religious Freedom Roundtable...