Honorable President of the United Nations Human Rights Council Your Excellency Jürg Lauber, We hereby draw the Council’s attention to the grave violation of human rights in Iran. On March 15, 2025, The Islamic Republic of Iran subjected Mr. Mehdi Yarahi, an Iranian singer, to 74 lashes for performing a song critical of mandatory hijab. This punishment was a clear […]
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The death of president Ebrahim Raisi must not deny people in Iran their right to justice, truth and reparation for the litany of crimes under international law and human rights violations committed since the 1980s during his time in the echelons of power, said Amnesty International today, following his passing in a helicopter crash in East Azerbaijan province. Ebrahim Raisi, […]
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Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian Rapper, has been sentenced to death by a revolutionary court in Isfahan on charges of “corruption on earth”, “cooperation with a foreign government” and “inciting riots”. This is despite the fact that earlier Toomaj was released for a while and the Supreme Court had considered a lighter sentence for him. Salehi in his songs supported the […]
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Human rights and peace are inseparable! December 10 of this year, the 75th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), is being celebrated in a situation that the current wars in Ukraine and Gaza have taken away the basic human rights including the right to live in peace. More than a year has passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, which […]
» Read moreThe “Right to Life Covenant” is based on the presumption of “the right to have rights”. A group of pro-democracy Iranian political organizations have signed the Covenant as containing the most important rights of the citizens and they have presented to the Iranian people as a fundamental general agreement during the period of the struggle against the theocratic regime, during […]
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Fundamental Principles of “Hamgami” coalition for the Establishment of a Secular Democratic Republic in Iran Introduction Iran is currently confronting several predicaments such as a rise in poverty with an increasing number of citizens living below the poverty line, inflation rates surpassing 40%, a widening income inequality gap between the upper and lower income brackets and a significant contrast between […]
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Communique on “Coalition for a Secular Democratic Republic in Iran” We, five republican parties and organizations: “United Republicans of Iran”, “Iran National Front – Europe”, “The Left Party of Iran (People’s Fadaian)”, “Iranian National Front Organizations – Abroad” and “Solidarity of Republicans of Iran”, hereby, declare that the republican forces have taken one step further in the direction of a […]
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Collective Statement of Secular-Democratic Republican Organizations and Parties In a statement entitled “To Save Iran”, Mir Hossein Mousavi has distanced himself from his positions 13 years ago and announced: “Implementation of the Constitution without compromise”, as a slogan that was hoped for thirteen years ago, is no longer effective and we must take a step further. After enumerating numerous crises, […]
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