Ebrahim Raisi is not the President of the Iranian People!
On June 18, 2021, Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) held its thirteenth Presidential elections. As previously predicted by political pundits, Ebrahim Raisi came on top among the seven candidates for this post. ...
We support the peaceful struggle of the Palestinians for a life without discrimination on their land!
Last week, following a violent crackdown on Palestinian protesters at the Al-Qassa Mosque, a wave of violent clashes erupted between Arabs and Jews in Israel. Subsequent to rockets fired from Gaza into Israeli territory, followed by a heavy Israeli airstrike on the area, 145 civilians, including 27 children, mostly Palestinians were killed. The clashes erupted after an Israeli court arranged for an unfair eviction of some homes in the eastern part of Jerusalem in favor of Jewish settlers. Jerusalem, under UN Security Council Resolution 478, is illegally occupied by Israel and must be returned to the Palestinians. Accordingly, jurists believe that Israeli courts have no legal authority over residents of the occupied territories. ...
In Solidarity with protesting People of Iraq
We, the nations of the Middle East, are victims of traditional tyranny, the backward ideology of Islamic fundamentalism, foreign intervention, and human rights abuses. ...
USRHR Letter to Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
Union for Secular Republic and Human Rights in Iran express our sympathy and condolences to the honorable people of Afghanistan and his Excellency ...
Letter to the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Iranian women continue to face violence and systematic discriminatory laws affecting their private lives as well as public presence. Over the past four decades, suppression of women has been the cornerstone of the Islamic Republic of Iran, leaving women stripped off of their fundamental rights including in relation to marriage, divorce, employment, and inheritance, just to name a few. In the Islamic Republic of Iran Women are categorically considered to have a worth half of that of a man. Despite the oppressive social climate and numerous obstacles, Iranian women have been battling all along on every front to open their path forward. The number of women being arrested simply because of demanding equal rights is increasing daily; most being students, journalists, lawyers, and civil activists. Women activists have faced heavy sentences (24 years-imprisonment just recently) for refusing to obey the compulsory hijab in public. ...
Joint Statement on the Executions in Baluchistan, Iran
On Sunday, February 28, four prisoners, Jasem Heidari, Ali Khosraji, Hossein Silavi, and Nasser Khafajian, were executed in Sepidar Ahvaz Prison after a brief visit with their families. ...
Statement of Union for Secular Republic and Human Rights in Iran (USRHR) against the execution of Ahmad Jalali and Ruhollah Zam
Execution is enough, the death sentences of Jalali and Zam must be overturned!
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