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Iran Elections A Farce: Zahra, A Fictional Character, Enters Race

(8 May 2013) – Ahead of Iran’s presidential elections scheduled for June 14, an author and a human rights non-governmental organization are registering their protest by nominating for president a fictional mourning mother whose son was killed by authorities in 2009. Zahra, 52, will be the first woman to run as a virtual candidate for Iran’s presidency. “Zahra represents all of Iran’s grieving families. And like them, she knows that the personal is political,” said Amir Soltani, author of the graphic novel “Zahra’s Paradise.” “She is running on a human rights platform. She is...

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Urge the Human Rights Council to Extend the Special Rapporteur’s Mandate

On March 21st or 22nd the UN Human Rights Council will vote on the extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran. We need your help to ensure the vote is successful and demonstrates broad international support for the Special Rapporteur. The Special Rapporteur, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, and his office have played a critical role in the documentation of the Iranian government’s human rights violations. As the human rights situation within Iran remains deplorable, the country mandate remains one of the international communities’ most important mechanisms...

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United for Iran Condemns Religious Ruling to Kill Iranian Rapper

Calls On Iranian Authorities to Hold Clerics Accountable for Incitement to Murder فارسی Thursday, May 17, 2012 Washington, DC – United for Iran condemns the issuing of a death ruling for rapper Shahin Najafi by grand ayatollahs Safi Golpaygani and Naser Makarem Shirazi in response to Najafi’s song “Naghi” – the name of Shi’ite Islam’s 10th imam. United for Iran calls on the Iranian government to condemn the cleric-issued fatwa, reform its penal code to remove the death penalty for those labeled “apostates,” and to institute provisions that outlaw incitement to murder,...

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Solidarity Music Compilation To Be Released in June!

فارسی United4Iran is excited to announce another artistic collaboration in solidarity with the Iranian people! A music compilation CD is being produced in partnership with musical artists to show support for democracy, justice and human rights. The compilation will be released before the upcoming third anniversary of the June 12, 2009 disputed elections, when hundreds of Iranians took to the streets to demand their fundamental rights. Artists are contributing songs that honor the Iranian people’s struggle, their hope and resistance against dictatorship. Iranian, Kurdish, American, Egyptian...

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Worldwide Action Calls for Immediate Release of Bahá’í Leaders and Other Iranian Prisoners of Conscience

فارسی In 12 cities around the world on Sunday, April 8, 2012, supporters of seven imprisoned Bahá’í leaders marched, held signs, rode bikes, and organized mobile billboard tours in an initiative coordinated by United for Iran and the international Bahá’í community. The day of action marked a combined total of 10,000 days the seven have spent in prison solely due to adherence to their faith. Photographs of the seven Bahá’í leaders traveled throughout cities by bike, boat, bus, and on banners, shirts, signs and pamphlets. On billboards, their image was a mosaic of smaller photographs...

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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 rights. As the Iranian movement for women’s equality persists despite severe suppression from the government, we also honor those activists whose struggle...

Political Prisoner Awarded Peace Prize In Absentia

(February 15th, 2013) – Majid Tavakoli, a student activist currently imprisoned in Iran was awarded, in absentia, the International Student Peace Prize in Trondheim, Norway today. Tavakoli played a prominent role in the 2009 post-election uprising, speaking out at his university, and was subsequently jailed....

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