Shadi Sadr is a lawyer, founder, and one of the directors of the Justice Organization for Iran. Ms. Sadr, who works as an active legal advocate and is a member of the Volunteer Lawyers Network, has received at least 6 prestigious awards for her human rights activities. On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of […]...

Elah Sharifpour, also known as Elah Hicks, has been actively working in the field of human rights defense for over two decades. She has been working as a researcher on Iran affairs at the Human Rights Watch organization from 1994 to 2003. Currently, she is the director of the Human Rights and Planning Group in […]...

Mehrangiz Kar is a lawyer, writer, and journalist in the field of human rights and democracy. Ms. Kar, who is currently working at the “Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women” at Brown University, has received at least eight prestigious international awards related to human rights. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of […]...

Dr. Abdolkarim Lahiji has been involved in human rights activities for over five decades. Two years before the revolution in February 1979, he founded the Iranian Lawyers Association and the Iranian Association for Freedom and Human Rights with the goal of promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He was one of the first individuals […]...

Hadi Ghiami is the director of the International Human Rights Campaign in Iran. On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Human Rights Activists Association in Iran, we approached him and asked about the performance of this human rights organization and the reason for its continued activities. Mr. Ghayemi speaks about peace in this […]...

The Bonyad-e Baromand (Baromand Foundation), founded by Roya Baromand and Ladan Baromand in 1380 (2001) and ten years after the murder of their father, Abdolrahman Baromand – who is considered one of the first actions of the Islamic Republic to eliminate dissidents outside the country – is a tribute to their father and to achieve […]...

From years of imprisonment until now, I have always tried to make the most of the minimal opportunities to advance my human goals, regardless of the place and time. When the security system tried to take away our land of activity by imprisoning people like me and put us in a state of passivity through […]...

It was the 11th of Ordibehesht month in the year 1385 and International Workers’ Day; it was decided that together with our comrades from the “Left Radical” group – who later became “Student Movement for Freedom and Equality” and eventually disbanded – we would join the protesting dismissed workers in front of the company’s union. […]...

“From the ashes of every great event, something is born that may continue to evolve. The phoenix is born from its own ashes; each time, this new phoenix may take on a different form, but the continuation and evolution of the same story that existed yesterday and has now emerged in a new form today.” […]...

Undoubtedly, the complexity of social relationships and the diversity of individual and social needs have long emphasized the necessity of strengthening society. Without civil institutions, society is unable to meet all its needs, overcome all its problems, and establish public trust within itself. The necessity of having social institutions has been emphasized by philosophers such […]...

1. It was the eleventh of Ordibehesht month. It was the first of May, International Workers’ Day. I had gone to cover the gathering of workers from the bus company’s union. It was close to noon and the crowd was growing by the minute. There were some citizens, families of workers, and students. A young […]...

The external view of the “Human Right Activists in Iran, HRAI” is visible to all, mostly through its news Agency HRANA and at a different level through its monthly journal of “Peace Line”; however the interpretations and perceptions of it may vary. How is the internal view of this organization, especially from the eyes of […]...