Working for civil liberties in Iran
Dissident Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam was executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) on 12 December 2020. United for Iran emphatically condemns Zam’s execution and denounces the IRI’s blatant…
This week, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against Ruhollah Zam, dissident journalist and founder of Amad News, who was arrested in Iraq in October 2019 and brought back…
Today is International Human Rights Day, a day we commemorate every year as an organization entering our second decade of work to improve human rights conditions for the people of…
TO: All Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York Your Excellencies, The undersigned national, regional and international civil society organizations urge your government to support resolution A/C.3/75/L.31/Rev.1 on…
This post originally appeared on our Medium page. December 3, 2020 — Amir Hossein Moradi, an Iranian political prisoner who was originally arrested during Iran’s nationwide protests in November 2019,…
United for Iran (U4I) is a nonprofit based in the San Francisco Bay Area working to advance civil liberties in Iran by advocating for human rights, supporting civil society, and engaging…
This article originally appeared on our Medium page. According to researchers from the Iran Prison Atlas, Gholamhossein Esmaili, a spokesman for the Iranian Judiciary, said in a press conference today that…
It has been an especially hard and discouraging year for our global society, and for the people of Iran, in particular. United for Iran was borne out of solidarity with…
By Amir Rezaei Programs and Communications Manager I started my work as an activist in 2006 when I entered Urmia University to complete my bachelor's degree. At that time, a…