by Zach | Feb 6, 2024 | Blog, Statements
Mister High Commissioner, Madame Deputy High Commissioner, We, civil society organizations working to promote human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, are gravely concerned by the announced visit of Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif to the Islamic Republic...
by Zach | Sep 29, 2023 | Media
This article originally appeared in The National News. The international community must act against Tehran, Iranian activists said after the passage of a bill that punished women for flouting the country’s strict dress code, which has been in place since the...
by Zach | Sep 29, 2023 | Media
This piece originally appeared in The Naitonal News. Iran was rocked by its largest ever anti-regime movement after the death in police custody one year ago of a young woman who was arrested after wearing her hijab “inappropriately”. In protests in the...
by Zach | Sep 29, 2023 | Media
This piece originally appeared on Marketplace Tech. Saturday marks one year since the death of Mahsa Amini, the young woman who was arrested by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s “morality police” for allegedly violating its strict dress code for women. She died in...
by Zach | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
This article originally appeared on NPR. There are women in Iran who are continuing to flout mandatory headscarf rules — even though the government’s so-called “morality police” force has resumed patrols. Read more on...