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Shabtabtabnews – In a weekly IRF Meeting the IOPHR representative Hamid Gharagozloo’s discussed with US Ambassador on Religous Freedom, Sam Brownback, on the subject of the ongoing Campaign To Find The Truth Behind Dr. Tabandeh’s Death. Mr Gharagozloo at the virtual meeting In this discussion Mr Gharagozloo stated “We at the IOPHR have started a campaign to find out the …

Shabtabnews – In a series of tweets UCIRF “demanded the release of Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, the human right activist and author who was arrested over an unpublished short story criticizing the religiously-justified practice of stoning women to death. Since then, #Iran has only doubled down on this egregious violation of religious freedom.” On this day in 2014, Iranian author @golrokhiraee …

There has been a recent outcry for justice emanating from the members of the largest Sufi order in Iran (The Gonabadi Sufi order) with regards to the unsolved and unexpected death of their spiritual leader Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh. On 24th of December 2019, Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh passed away in Mehr Hospital Tehran following almost 2 years in house …

Shabtabnews – Over the last few days there has been widespread international social media campaign amongst the followers and supporters of Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh demanding the truth behind the circumstances of his death. Dr Noor Ali Tabandeh was a well know Iranian human rights activist as well as the spiritual leader of the largest Sufi order (The Gonabadi Sufi …

Shabtabnews – In a statment today “IOPHR condemned the Iranian regime’s human rights violations and for not giving a fair and just trial for 27 year old Navid Afkari and to use torture to force him to confess to crimes he has not committed.” In the statement IOPHR stated that “Navid Afkari, a 27 year old Iranian wrestler, is in …

Shabtabnews – In a new statement the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights  (IOPHR) expressed support for striking workers  of employees of Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Cultivation Industrial Company, who are simply striking to get paid their overdue wages. The statement also invited “all human rights activists around the world, especially Iranians living abroad, to contact the labour organizations of their place …

Shabtabnews – The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recognizes the United Nations’ second annual International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief ahead of August 22, the official remembrance date. In the statement the USCIRF states – “Commemorating the many victims of violence based on religion or belief is critical, but only the …

Shabtabnews – In a statement The International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) condemned the recent summoning, and detention of Ms. Mehraveh Khandan the daughter of Ms. Nasrin Sotoudeh. The statement also drew attention to the Iranian regimes systematic methods of putting extra pressure on prisoners of conscience like “the blocking of Ms. Narges Mohammadi’s telephone contact with her children …

Shabtabnews – In a webinar on 19th August 2020, various human rights groups discussed the history of the Islamic Republic’s #Iran waged a war on religious minorities. This webinar’s focus was the forty year systemic persecution of the Iranian regime that has resulted in the death, disenfranchisement, and devastation all on the basis of religion. The panellist in this gathering …

Shabtabnews – In a joint statement 71 global human right organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Chinese Human Right defenders and International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights called on Western governments to coordinate their condemnations and sanctions against Chinese government in order to dissuade China from violating the rights of its citizens The statement stated: “Globalizing and harmonizing “Magnitsky-like” targeted …