A group of Iranian Canadians urging for Canada’s government to pursue war crimes investigations as part of its annual U.N. resolution. Canadian Friends for a Democratic Iran, made their case for the investigation of the 1988 massacre of more than 30,000 political prisoners in Iran today at a press conference at Parliament Hill. Canada has been the […]

A joint statement was issued on 13 September by five NGOs with “U.N. consultative status” and five human rights organizations at the thirty-third session of the U.N. Human Rights Council condemning the 1988 massacre of an estimated 30,000 political prisoners by the Islamic Republic of Iran.   The statement, entitled “The massacre of 30,000 prisoners in […]

Recent revelations about the extent of the Iranian government’s complicity in major prison massacres in 1988, during which 30,000 political prisoners were killed, has spurred new calls for those responsible–some of whom are still in power–to face trial for their actions. A major goal of the Iranian political opposition has been the prosecution of Iranian government officials who […]

Thousands of Iranian-Americans gathered on Tuesday outside the U.N. Building to condemn the terrorist attacks in New York City and New Jersey and to protest the visit of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.  The protest took place on the opening day of the U.N. General Assembly. According to the Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC), the demonstrators are […]

This week, Afghan prisoners were blindfolded and put in a cage displayed amongst other contraband items in Shiraz, a city in southern Iran. Images of the nearly two dozen prisoners in a steel cage then went viral on social media.  The deputy police chief of Shiraz said the Afghan prisoners were among some 200 foreign nationals who […]

A conference on Saturday, September 10, celebrated the relocation of the last 280 remaining residents of Camp Liberty, Iraq, the main home to Iran’s exiled political opposition. The last remaining residents of Camp Liberty, Iraq flew out of Baghdad Airport headed for Albania after nearly five years of struggle by the Iranian Resistance to secure their relocation. The camp, […]