United for Iran has joined 33 other human rights NGOs in a call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human...
United for Iran demands the release of Iranian political prisoners
President Hassan Rouhani delivered a speech for the United Nations General Assembly today as 1252 political prisoners –– individuals arrested for...
Coalition Calls for Diplomacy, Not Sanctions
Dear Majority Leader Reid, Minority Leader McConnell, SASC Chairman Levin, SASC Ranking Member Inhofe, SFRC Chairman Menendez, SFRC Ranking Member...
#IranVote for Human Rights
To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to urge your...
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...
Iranian Diaspora Worries About War, Sanctions and Human Rights
[This article first appeared in Al-Monitor. The original posting can be found here.] By Roxana Saberi (November 14, 2012) - As President Obama...
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...
US Loosens Sanctions On Medicine Sales to Iran
برای خواندن مقاله به فارسی اینجا کلیک کنید (Washington, D.C. - October 29, 2012) Al-Monitor: While most Americans and the US foreign policy elite...
United for Iran Highlights Ongoing Abuses at the 21st Session of the UN Human Rights Council
فارسی Geneva (18 September 2012) - United for Iran’s Puyan Mahmudian addressed the 21st UN Human Rights Council on a range of ongoing human rights...
Student Group Urges Egyptian President to Address Human Rights Abuses in Iran
The following letter was submitted by the student group, Green Messengers of Hope in Iran, to Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, urging him to...