Event: The State Of Human Rights In Iran by National Press Club

Jun 30, 2021 | Conference, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights, News

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....

8 Gonabadi Sufis still remain imprisoned & 34 remain exiled in remote and inhospitable areas of Iran

Jun 19, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, News

Following the February 2018 severe crackdown on Gonabadi Sufis by the Iranian Regime, 8 Gonabadi Sufis still remain imprisoned and 34 who were imprisoned, remain exiled in remote and inhospitable areas of Iran The suppression of the Gonabadi Sufis’ protests has...

Event announcement from USCIRF – How has Religious Freedom Changed Across the Middle East?

Jun 15, 2021 | Conference, Freedom of Religion and Belief

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is hosting a virtual event, examining the long-term impact of the Arab Spring movement on religious freedom across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and assessing U.S. policy options, under the...

Death Threats Against IOPHR Members by the Iranian regime

Jun 8, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights, Urgent Action

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...

Human Rights Violations in Iran and Death Threats against Dr. Seyed Azmayesh

Jun 1, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights, News, Urgent Action

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...

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

Apr 1, 2021 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, News

“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...