Archive: Reports and Open Letters

Consequences and Outcomes

Consequences and Outcomes of 45 Years of the Islamic Revolution: "WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM" 27-29 June 2024 Université Paris 1 – Panthéon Sorbonne ACI invites all interested researchers and experts to submit abstracts in one of the languages Persian / English / French on the proposed topics to by April 20, 2024. Association des Chercheurs Iraniens (ACI), in collaboration with the Legal Research Institute of the Sorbonne in Paris, announces a three-day conference on “Consequences and

Written by ACI in 8 March 24 Read more
Consequences and Outcomes

SURVEY: WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM

 An Assessment of Identity Trends and Today and Tomorrow of Iran Please help us in understanding the events in Iran since the tragic death in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini by completing this survey. It shouldn't take more than a few minutes. Fill it - Share it! This public opinion survey will measure the generational changes, trends, and tendencies in how Iranians identify themselves and how they view their future. It is a comparative study

Written by ACI in 1 February 24 Read more
SURVEY: WOMAN LIFE FREEDOM

‘Baluchistan’: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All

The situation of civil, political, economic, social, cultural rights of the Iranian Baloch people December 9, 2023 - Marshall Building, LSE - London ACI is holding its fifty second international conference dedicated to the plight of the Iranian Baloch People to coincide with the seventy fifth anniversary of UN Human Rights Day with its theme of ‘Dignity, Freedom and Justice for All’. This one day seminar proposes to discuss the wider dimensions of poverty, multidimensional

Written by ACI in 5 December 23 Read more
‘Baluchistan’: Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All

Right to Life and the Death Penalty in Iran Series (4):

‘The Role and Responsibility of the International Community’ Date:                 10 October 2023 - 9:30-18:00 Location:          Consiglio Regionale, Via Camillo Cavour, 4, 50129 Florence In Collaboration With: Testimonianze, Iran Human Rights – Italia (IHRNGO) and Supported by: Consiglio Regionale della Toscana On March 15, 2023, UNODC signed a Country Partnership Programme with the Islamic Republic of Iran for 2023-2026. It is stated that this Programme aims to further strengthen the cooperation between the UNODC and Iran

Written by ACI in 9 October 23 Read more
Right to Life and the Death Penalty in Iran Series (4):

The Right to Life and the Death Penalty in Iran – Conference Series

10 October 2023, Florence Italy The Role and Responsibility of the International Community In view of the increased number of executions in Iran on drugs related charges this year alone, our forthcoming conference will focus of the role and responsibility of the international community: How is the international community and the UN agencies resolving the use of the death penalty and lashes as punishments - even for addicts – with United Nations standards and international

Written by ACI in 18 September 23 Read more
The Right to Life and the Death Penalty in Iran – Conference Series

Persecution of Christians in Iran as the world celeberates the birth of Jesus

As the Christian world prepares to celebrate the birth of Jesus and Christmas, this year in Iran, the many Christians from a Muslim background remain persecuted and unable to manifest or worship freely and openly. On December 21, this year Iranians and those of Iranian heritage all over the world marked the ancient Iranian tradition of YALDA night, the winter solstice. While traditionally Iranians celebrate the end of the longest night of the year and

Written by ACI in 24 December 22 Read more
Persecution of Christians in Iran as the world celeberates the birth of Jesus

Thank you ECOSOC – Thank you CSW!

The expulsion of the Islamic Republic from the Commission on the Status of Women is an unprecedented step taken by the UN and the international community. Thank you for hearing us and taking this extraordinary step. Discrimination against the women and girls of Iran is as old as the Islamic Republic. Gender and religious discrimination are legal, systematic and institutional on every level and aspect of their lives. For forty-three years the women’s movement has

Written by ACI in 16 December 22 Read more
Thank you ECOSOC – Thank you CSW!

Vote to remove the Islamic Republic from CSW

ACI once again adds its voice of outrage at the election of the Islamic Republic in 2021 and supports its expulsion from CSW. It is tragic that the beautiful young life of Mahsa Jina Amini had to be lost before the world opened up its eyes to the systemic and institutional discrimination of girls and women in Iran, in law and in practice, for the last forty three years. The boiling point for the stifled

Written by ACI in 14 December 22 Read more
Vote to remove the Islamic Republic from CSW

Enough is Enough – 3

Mr Josep Borrell Chair of The Foreign Affairs Council, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Foreign Affairs Council Meeting - Brussels, 12 December 2022 As you prepare for your committee meeting later today the horrific news of yet another young life lost at the hands of the Islamic Republic’s hangman is being reported. Twenty three year old Majid Reza Rahnavard was executed in public this morning in Mashad. Mizan, the judiciary’s

Written by ACI in 12 December 22 Read more
<strong>Enough is Enough – 3</strong>

Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All

Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights زن زندگی آزادی For eighty-five days, as Iranians all over the world have raised their voices against human rights abuses at the hands of the Islamic regime, the global community has witnessed an ever-increasing tally of thousands of young people injured, kidnapped, disappeared, arrested, tortured and killed in Iran. A new column has opened up for the number of death sentences issued. As the

Written by ACI in 9 December 22 Read more
Dignity, Freedom, and Justice for All