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A letter from the IOPHR to Professor Javaid Rehman – the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Dear Professor Javaid Rehman, As you are no doubt aware, unfortunately, during the recent months and in connection with international developments, the process of issuing and executing death sentences in Iran has increased alarmingly, and has resulted in the deaths of many Iranian citizens across the...
IOPHR Statement regarding the suspicious Sanchi oil tanker collision and shipwreck
Three years ago, on 6th January 2018, under a very suspicious circumstances an accident involving the Iranian ship Sanchi, occurred within Chinese waters, where 30 members of crew of Sanchi were killed or disappeared, 28 of whom were Iranian citizens. After three years, the exact circumstances...
Khamenei’s Killing Machine At Its Best
Today at the International Religious Roundtable with Ambassador Sam Brownback and USCIRF chair Gayle Manchin, Hamid Gharagozloo talked about gross Human Rights violations in Iran, and how Khamenei’s killing machine is hard at work, and this time with unprecedented fervor, against the Baluchi...
IOPHR Statement on the Unrestrained Execution of Sunni Prisoners
Once again, three other Sunni youths were executed on Sunday 3rd January 2021 at 10 am in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran, even though their request for retrial was registered and officially submitted to prison administration officials. The executed prisoners were: Hassan Dehvari, Elias...
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 fighter, a mystic and the...
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 have talked about the...
Open Letter to Josep Borrell signed by 24 MEPs – request to cease trade & diplomatic deals with Iran until return of Dr Ahmad Reza Djalali to Sweden
In an open letter to Josep Borrell Fontelles, a number of MEPs expressed alarm in regards to the Iranian Regime’s execution of Mr Roullah Zam and the regime’s continued complete disregard for the most basic human rights. The letter also expressed concern about the death sentence given to the...
International Human Rights Day celebrated with reflections on Beacons of the Past in Webinar Event “From Conflict to Unity”
On 10th December IOPHR held a webinar titled “From Conflict to Unity - Learning from Beacons of the Past”, with the aim to commemorate the International Human Rights Day, as well as to celebrate the lives of four renowned human rights advocates in history namely: Mahatma Gandhi, Dr Martin Luther King...
IOPHR’s Statement – IOPHR strongly condemns the unjust execution of Ruhollah Zam
In the early hours of this morning, 12th December 2020, only two days after the International Human Rights Day, which celebrates the United Nations declaration of human rights, the Iranian regime unjustly executed the journalist Ruhollah Zam. Mr Zam’s only crime was that through his Telegram channel,...