President Hassan Rouhani delivered a speech for the United Nations General Assembly today as 1252 political prisoners –– individuals arrested for political consideration or for exercising basic rights to freedom…
United for Iran joins twenty six leading international human rights organizations in urging the members of the UN Human Rights Council to renew the resolution for the mandate of the…
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Dr. Ahmad Shaheed, has released his most recent report on the state of human rights in Iran. Dr.…
GENEVA (22 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on summary executions, Christof Heyns, today called on the…
To: Member States of the UN General Assembly Your Excellency: We, the undersigned human rights and civil society organizations, write to urge your government to vote in favor of resolution…
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 stoning, violence…
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 witnessed the heroic struggle of…
NEW YORK – (December 21, 2012) – Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn the Iranian Government for “serious ongoing and recurring human rights violations” in the…
Violations escalate with impunity; Non-Western powers urged to take leadership on human rights crisis (November 21, 2012) -- Human rights and press freedom organizations have called on UN member states…
GENEVA (15 November 2012) – A group of United Nations experts today urged the Government of Iran to undertake a thorough, independent and impartial investigation of the death in custody…
