FREEDOM OF RELIGION OR BELIEF
IOPHR Remembers the Father of Human Rights in Iran, Dr Noor Ali Tabendeh
24th December 2020, is the first anniversary of the assassination of one of the greatest figures in contemporary Iranian history, Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, also known by his spiritual title of Majzoob Ali Shah. Dr. Tabandeh was a prominent Jurist, an expert in Islam, a freedom...
US Ambassador Sam Brownback condemns heart wrenching gross Human Rights violations of the Iranian Regime
On the weekly webinar with Ambassador at large Sam Brownback, and US Commission on International Religious Freedom chair, Gayle Manchin, spoke with IOPHR representative, Hamid Gharagozloo, about the gross Human Rights violations of the Iranian regime. It has been a while that I...
IOPHR’s statement regarding the continuing and unacceptable violation of the rights of Iranian Sunni citizens and the demand for the immediate release of Maulana Fazlur Rehman Koohi
For more than forty years now, Sunni Iranian citizens, just like other Iranian citizens, have been the target of constant and systematic harassment, and discrimination by the government of the Islamic Republic, purely because of their religious beliefs, and are consistently...
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 and...
IOPHR hosts Ministerial Side Event 18th November on the “Attitude of the Iranian Republic of Iran towards the different Religious Groups”
On 18th November IOPHR held a webinar on the “Attitude of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the different Religious Groups.” This event which was hosted by IOPHR in association with the International Religious Freedom Roundtable and Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom,...
19 NOV – Join another Ministerial Side Event!: “Legalisation of Child Marriage and the Oppression of Women under Iran’s ruling regime in the last Four Decades”
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 religious...
Update on the Case of Mr. Labbaf, “a Persecuted Gonabadi Refugee”
An updated report with details of the case of Mr. Amir Alimohammadilabaf, also known as Amir Labbaf, a persecuted Gonabadi Sufi living in exile as a refugee in Croatia, has been presented by IOPHR to the U.S. Government and the European Union and various Human Rights agencies....
IOPHR launches two important events on suppression of Religious Groups and Children & Women in Iran
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 ruling regime has...
Death Threats against Mr. Ahrari of Kalemeh TV & Oppression of Religious Minorities and Dissidents in Iran
In today’s weekly Webinar at the IRF Round table meeting, IOPHR representative in Washington, Hamid Gharagozloo, spoke about the urgency and imminent danger to the Sunni human rights activists, and journalist Mr. Ahrari of Kalemeh TV. A massive wave of attacks and smear...