IOPHR Letter to Ayatollah Sistani – A request to take a stand against the death sentence of Ruhollah Zam

Oct 26, 2020 | Human Rights, News, Press Release, Urgent Action

Grand Ayatollah Sayed Ali Sistani, Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, As you are no doubt aware, it was during this time last year that Mr. Ruhollah Zam was invited to travel from Paris to Iraq, following a chain of correspondence attributed to your office,...

IOPHR launches Petition to Suspend Iran From Future International Sports Tournaments

Sep 19, 2020 | News, Urgent Action

Petition on Change.org We invite everyone to join us in demanding the International Olympic Committee and other international sports bodies such as United World Wrestling association to suspend Iran’s membership and to ban the Islamic Republic of Iran from taking part...

IOPHR’s Open Letter to Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee

Sep 16, 2020 | Human Rights, News, Urgent Action

Following is the open letter from the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) to Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee. To Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee: As you must have heard in the...

Open Letter to Josep Borrell Fontelles on the case of Navid Afkari and his family

Sep 10, 2020 | News, Urgent Action

To the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission: Dear Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, I am writing to you on the behalf of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights...

IOPHR’s open letter to Mr. Nenad Lalovic, the President of United World Wrestling…

Sep 1, 2020 | News, Urgent Action

IOPHR’s open letter to Mr. Nenad Lalovic, the President of United World Wrestling, to suspend membership of the Iranian Wrestling Federation from the United World Wrestling (UWW), in light of the unjust death sentence given to national wrestling...

Urgent Action: Stop the Execution of Navid Afkari

Aug 31, 2020 | Urgent Action

Navid Afkari, a 27 year old Iranian wrestler, is in imminent danger of execution. A court in Shiraz has sentenced Navid to two death sentences without having any official charges against him. The Supreme Court has confirmed his death sentence which means that he could...