Archive: Reports and Open Letters

INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION – 24 November 2022

ACI would like to thank the responsible members of the Human Rights Council that earlier today voted to set up an investigative and accountability mechanism to assess the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially with respect to women and children. While we look forward to an expedited process for the setting up of the fact finding mission we would like to draw your attention to the following Whether the

Written by ACI in 24 November 22 Read more
INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL FACT FINDING MISSION – 24 November 2022

‘The Revolution is not televised’

#Qatar2022 Group B: Iran, England, Wales, USA   As football fever is about to grip the world for the next few weeks many Iranians inside and outside the country are choosing to not support the team from the Islamic Republic. Stars of Iranian soccer like Ali Daei, and Ali Karimi have turned down FIFA's invitation to attend the games in support of the protestors. 10 year old Kian Pirfalak, pictured above, is one of the latest

Written by ACI in 19 November 22 Read more
‘The Revolution is not televised’

The convening of a special session of the Human Rights Council

To: Ambassador Federico Villegas, President of the Human Rights Council The convening of a special session of the Human Rights Council to address the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially with respect to women and children – November 24, 2022 The deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has been happening for forty-three years. From summary executions of the first days of the Revolution in 1979

Written by ACI in 17 November 22 Read more
<strong>The convening of a special session of the Human Rights Council</strong>

Hear the Iranian People Worldwide

President of European Parliament, Roberta Metsola President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Council, Charles Michel Hear the Iranian People worldwide While your symbolic gestures and words in support of the Iranian people’s nationwide protests are heart warming it is crucial to assess the impact they have in stopping the unleashed murderous violence perpetrated against the Iranian people by the Islamic regime’s judicial and extra judicial forces instigated and

Written by ACI in 18 October 22 Read more
Hear the Iranian People Worldwide

Enough is Enough (2)

UN investigative and accountability mechanism The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres Enough is Enough (2) - Call for UN investigative and accountability mechanism We ask you to urgently call for a UN investigative and accountability mechanism on the Islamic regime. Where the state is not protecting the lives and rights of its people it becomes incumbent on the international community to intervene and protect these rights. If the international community had paid attention and responded to

Written by ACI in 17 October 22 Read more
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Call for UN investigative and accountability mechanism

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissionaire for Human Rights Call for UN investigative and accountability mechanism on the Islamic Republic of Iran We at ACI would like to congratulate you on your first day serving as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. You take your position as Iran is experiencing one of its worst periods of human rights violations. Iranians in the four corners of Iran are experiencing deaths in custody, arrests, detentions,

Written by ACI in 17 October 22 Read more
Call for UN investigative and accountability mechanism

Enough is Enough

Dear UN Secretary-General, António Guterres Enough is Enough – Open letter of Protest to UNGA 77 As you prepare to receive world leaders at the UN annual meeting among them will be the president of the Islamic Republic. This open letter of protest is not only about the unrepresentative nature of his presence but the way the Islamic regime in its entirety views and treats the Iranian nation, in particular, Iranian women. The appearance of

Written by ACI in 20 September 22 Read more
Enough is Enough

Forthcoming visit of UNSR to Iran

Ms Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The forthcoming visit of Professor Alena Douhan,  Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures to Iran 7-18 May 2022 The Islamic Republic has faced sanctions since its inception in 1979. Sanctions throughout the last forty-three years have been used as punitive measures against the regime’s belligerent actions at home, in the region and the wider international community. These economic sanctions have been

Written by ACI in 26 April 22 Read more
Forthcoming visit of UNSR to Iran

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

ACI would like to wish the very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all Iranian Christians, particularly Christians from a Muslim Background.

Written by ACI in 1 January 22 Read more
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

ACI CONDEMS THE ELECTION OF IR TO CSW

UN Women Commission on the Status of Women ACI has been fighting the election of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s election to the Commission on the Status of Women for many years. We are outraged that in 2021 a regime that blatantly and systematically continues to discriminate against women and girls in law and in practice has been elected as a member of a body tasked with “promoting women's rights, documenting the reality of women's

Written by ACI in 21 April 21 Read more
ACI CONDEMS THE ELECTION OF IR TO CSW