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The statement of the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) in regards to the 2021 Iranian Presidential Election
Unfortunately, for many years in Iran, political power as well as public assets have been concentrated in the hands of a person called the "leader" or the Supreme Leader, through various manipulations of the Iranian constitution. The Leadership is elected by the members of the Assembly of Experts,...
Event announcement from USCIRF – How has Religious Freedom Changed Across the Middle East?
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 title of: Ten Years after the Arab...
Death Threats Against IOPHR Members by the Iranian regime
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 determined to send a loud and clear...
Human Rights Violations in Iran and Death Threats against Dr. Seyed Azmayesh
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 negotiations with the U.S. and a...
MEPs Statement – MEPs urge the immediate release of Mr. Mohammad Nourizad
IOPHR has received a letter of support and a statement from Members of the European Parliament, demanding the immediate release of renowned filmmaker and human rights defender, Mr Nourizad from prison in Iran. Mohammad Nourizad’s life is in grave danger, as he is being tortured and denied medical...
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 past two years, was murdered in...
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 this agreement. In this regard,...
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 official spokesperson for refugees in...
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 new deal on...