Feb 19, 2021 | Human Rights, Press Release, Women's Rights
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...
Nov 24, 2020 | Conference, Freedom of Religion and Belief, News, Women's Rights
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...
Nov 18, 2020 | Conference, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Women's Rights
Women and children have suffered severely since the Islamic Revolution in Iran due to the growing systematic and widespread human rights violations in Iran. In recent years, Iranian women have fallen victim to the propagation of hate-filled rhetoric by a number of...
Nov 8, 2020 | Conference, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Human Rights, News, Women's Rights
During the annual US Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom conference, IOPHR will host two important events, in association with the International Religious Freedom Roundtable: 18 NOVEMBER 2020, 14:00 – 15:30 EST Zoom Webinar For the last 40 years, Iran’s...
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...
Sep 27, 2020 | Human Rights, News, Press Release, Women's Rights
IOPHR would like to draw the world’s attention to the dire situation faced by Iranian women. Sadly, Iranian women and girls are the biggest victims of the inhumane, backward and sexist policies and laws of the ruling regime in Iran, which have been falsely...