by Sadra | Sep 12, 2018 | Blog
We are making important changes to the Iran Prison Atlas (IPA). IPA is the largest database of Iran’s political prisoners, the judges that convict them and the prisons’ that hold them. In the last 7 years, United for Iran’s researchers have spent thousands of hours...
by Sadra | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
UN rights experts call on Iran to halt imminent executions of Iranian Kurds GENEVA (7 September 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent executions of Iranian Kurd prisoners Zanyar and Loghman Moradi, amid serious concerns that they...
by Sadra | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog
I’m honored to share that I have been selected by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) as one of the 2018 YBCA 100. The award is granted to people, organizations, and movements that are using their platforms to move society forward. Its an acknowledgment of our...
by Sadra | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog
Dear friends, In the early hours of Monday June 18th, Iranian authorities executed Mohammad Salas, a 50-year-old Sufi man from the Gonabadi Dervishes Order, disregarding grave concerns about the fairness of his rushed trial. Mr. Salas was accused of driving a bus that...
by Sadra | Aug 14, 2018 | Blog
Dear friends, I’m pleased and honored to share that United for Iran is successfully concluding the first round of IranCubator, our app incubation project to promote civil liberties in Iran. In the last 18 months, we developed about one dozen mobile applications—some...
