To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to urge your...
International Women’s Day
March 8, 2013 – On this International Women’s Day, United for Iran calls on Iranian authorities to put an end to their systematic assault on women’s...
An Urgent Call to End Stoning Now
On March 8th at the 57th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, a group of women's rights activists will be hosting a panel discussion on...
On Anniversary of Arrests, United for Iran Calls for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Political Prisoners
(February 14th, 2013) - Two years ago, Iranian authorities placed prominent opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and their...
Ahwazi Arabs at Risk of Execution
Five Ahwazi Arabs have been sentenced to death in Iran. Thirty international organizations have signed the following letter, calling in the Islamic...
Join us in supporting human rights in Iran as you finalize your end of the year giving
United for Iran began in the summer of 2009 as a cry from the heart. During the events following the disputed presidential elections, the world...
United for Iran welcomes the UN General Assembly’s condemnation of human rights abuses
NEW YORK – (December 21, 2012) – Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Iranian Government for “serious...
United for Iran Urges Yahoo! to Improve E-mail Security to Ensure Safety of Human Rights Activists
United for Iran joined twenty-five leading human rights and cyber-security organizations and activists in issuing a letter to Melissa Mayer, CEO of...
NGOs Call on UN Member States to Support UNGA Resolution Addressing Human Rights Abuses in Iran
Violations escalate with impunity; Non-Western powers urged to take leadership on human rights crisis (November 21, 2012) -- Human rights and press...
United for Iran Welcomes New Human Rights Sanctions, Urges Further Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 9, 2012) - Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated four Iranian officials and five Iranian entities as...