The time has come to declare gender apartheid a crime.
For decades, Iranian women have faced various forms of gender-based discrimination at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Systematically and purposefully, Iranian officials have advanced the subjugation of women, girls, and others through the use of all instruments and powers of the state.
They have instituted a complex web of discriminatory, degrading, and dehumanizing laws, policies, and practices in stark contravention of international law – with women and girls facing limits and restrictions in all aspects of our lives, from our education and employment to our dress and bodily autonomy. The suffering of Iranian women and society as a whole must not go unnoticed, and concerted efforts are required to ensure that justice and equality prevail. That is why I have written a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, urging him to declare gender apartheid a crime against humanity.”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has written a letter from behind bars in Evin prison, where she is serving a 12-year sentence for “propaganda against the state,” among other things. Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all.
Follow the link in our bio to read the full text.
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#nargesmohammadi #ENDGENDERAPARTHEID
Photo credit Vahid Zare Zadeh
The time has come to declare gender apartheid a crime.
For decades, Iranian women have faced various forms of gender-based discrimination at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Systematically and purposefully, Iranian officials have advanced the subjugation of women, girls, and others through the use of all instruments and powers of the state.
They have instituted a complex web of discriminatory, degrading, and dehumanizing laws, policies, and practices in stark contravention of international law – with women and girls facing limits and restrictions in all aspects of our lives, from our education and employment to our dress and bodily autonomy. The suffering of Iranian women and society as a whole must not go unnoticed, and concerted efforts are required to ensure that justice and equality prevail. That is why I have written a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, urging him to declare gender apartheid a crime against humanity.”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has written a letter from behind bars in Evin prison, where she is serving a 12-year sentence for “propaganda against the state,” among other things. Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all.
Follow the link in our bio to read the full text.
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#nargesmohammadi #ENDGENDERAPARTHEID
Photo credit Vahid Zare Zadeh
The time has come to declare gender apartheid a crime.
For decades, Iranian women have faced various forms of gender-based discrimination at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Systematically and purposefully, Iranian officials have advanced the subjugation of women, girls, and others through the use of all instruments and powers of the state.
They have instituted a complex web of discriminatory, degrading, and dehumanizing laws, policies, and practices in stark contravention of international law – with women and girls facing limits and restrictions in all aspects of our lives, from our education and employment to our dress and bodily autonomy. The suffering of Iranian women and society as a whole must not go unnoticed, and concerted efforts are required to ensure that justice and equality prevail. That is why I have written a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, urging him to declare gender apartheid a crime against humanity.”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has written a letter from behind bars in Evin prison, where she is serving a 12-year sentence for “propaganda against the state,” among other things. Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all.
Follow the link in our bio to read the full text.
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#nargesmohammadi #ENDGENDERAPARTHEID
Photo credit Vahid Zare Zadeh
The time has come to declare gender apartheid a crime.
For decades, Iranian women have faced various forms of gender-based discrimination at the hands of the Islamic Republic. Systematically and purposefully, Iranian officials have advanced the subjugation of women, girls, and others through the use of all instruments and powers of the state.
They have instituted a complex web of discriminatory, degrading, and dehumanizing laws, policies, and practices in stark contravention of international law – with women and girls facing limits and restrictions in all aspects of our lives, from our education and employment to our dress and bodily autonomy. The suffering of Iranian women and society as a whole must not go unnoticed, and concerted efforts are required to ensure that justice and equality prevail. That is why I have written a letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, urging him to declare gender apartheid a crime against humanity.”
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has written a letter from behind bars in Evin prison, where she is serving a 12-year sentence for “propaganda against the state,” among other things. Narges Mohammadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2023 for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her struggle to promote human rights and freedom for all.
Follow the link in our bio to read the full text.
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#nargesmohammadi #ENDGENDERAPARTHEID
Photo credit Vahid Zare Zadeh
The bloodthirsty Islamic Republic regime has executed 4 Kurdish dissidents as it escalates its assault on humanity, domestically & abroad. @unitednations representatives must NOT visit Iran unless there’s unrestricted access to political prisoners & a moratorium on executions.
لعنت بر جمهوری اسلامی و تفرقه اندازان.
#PejmanFatehi #MohsenMazloum #MohammadHazhirFaramarzi #WafaAzarbar
#NoExecutionsinIran
🤍 Friends since 2002, when I was a pre-med student. A lot has happened since then. Today we both stand against totalitarianism; against indoctrination, censorship and coercion; against surveillance, harassment, intimidation and punishment of dissidents and dissenters; against forced confessions; against false imprisonment; against tearing up families and interfering in private lives; and against a culture of impunity. May justice prevail everywhere.
Art is a crime in the Islamic Republic. And the regime clearly fears artists.
Iranian singer #ShervinHajipour has been sentenced to three years in prison for “inciting people to cause unrest against national security,” and an additional eight months for “spreading propaganda against the regime” because of his protest anthem ‘Baraye,’ which won the inaugural Song for Social Change Grammy.
As additional penalties: he is banned from leaving the country for two years. He is being forced to compile and share the “achievements” of the Islamic Revolution in culture, science, and art on his internet platform. And he is required to prepare 30-page handwritten summaries for each of two books regarding women’s status in Islam, produce a song about “the atrocities of the U.S. against humanity,” collect cases of human rights violations by the U.S. over the past century, and participate in behavioral training courses in the field of art.
Last year I joined leading Iranian and Afghan women in a campaign to end gender apartheid. Since then we have made huge strides towards getting it codified under international law.
Today, as the UN Fact-finding mission concludes the Islamic Republic authorities committed crimes against humanity by murdering, imprisoning, torturing and raping those who protested the murder in custody of #MahsaAmini, I recommit myself to our campaign to achieve justice and accountability by first including the term ‘gender apartheid’ in the Crimes Against Humanity treaty which is currently being drafted.
Because the entrenched segregation and abuse of women is a pillar of both the Islamic Republic and the Taliban, and crumbling this pillar will disempower them.
Thanks to @gissounia and her strategic litigation team @slpjustice at the @atlanticcouncil for leading this charge.
Please follow @endgenderapartheid.today to find out how to support this campaign. And order a T-shirt at this link, with all proceeds going to the campaign: https://www.legalize-equality.org
#WomanLifeFreedom #InternationalWomensDay #EndGenderApartheid
Jewelry in support of human rights in Iran? And Iranian female-founded? Yes please! In honor of Norooz you can use code ABC20 to shop for this gold and diamond Iran necklace or any item on the @noush_jewelry website and they will donate 20% of all sales to @IranRights as well as a 10% discount for shoppers, from today until Sizdah Bedar on April 1, 2024. The perfect gift that gives back. Visit noushjewelry.com
For this specific necklace search for ‘Iran map necklace’ on the website and in the customize box you can write any specifications.
**Note: this is not a paid ad, it is a charitable campaign. There is no business affiliation between Nazanin Boniadi and Noush Jewelry.
Jewelry in support of human rights in Iran? And Iranian female-founded? Yes please! In honor of Norooz you can use code ABC20 to shop for this gold and diamond Iran necklace or any item on the @noush_jewelry website and they will donate 20% of all sales to @IranRights as well as a 10% discount for shoppers, from today until Sizdah Bedar on April 1, 2024. The perfect gift that gives back. Visit noushjewelry.com
For this specific necklace search for ‘Iran map necklace’ on the website and in the customize box you can write any specifications.
**Note: this is not a paid ad, it is a charitable campaign. There is no business affiliation between Nazanin Boniadi and Noush Jewelry.
🚨Dissident rap artist #Vafadar posted a video to his Instagram account (which has since been wiped of its content) saying that the Islamic Republic authorities have gone to his home and are holding his family hostage, and demanding that he turns himself in. He says he will surrender and doesn’t know what fate awaits him. “When I saw what’s happening to the people, I couldn’t remain silent…I love you Iran, I wanted nothing but justice.” We are very concerned for his wellbeing. While the regime tries to silence his voice, we must amplify it.
Repost @vafadar_official (since deleted):
به دستور دادستان تاشب باید منودستگیرکنن
ویاخودمو تحویل بدم…
پاسپورت شناسنامه رو ضبط کردن
من باتمام پیشنهادات خارج از کشور موندم توایران قصد رفتن هم نداشتم و ندارم،
ولی نمیخوام احساسی تصمیم بگیرم و تصمیم به تسلیم کردن خودم ندارم فعلا.
یاد حرف توماج افتادم فرداکه مردم برای من گریه نکن،گریه تومنو زنده نمیکنه
زنده باد ایران
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Thanks to @yaldahakim for helping us spotlight the plight of the Iranian and Afghan people against fundamentalist rule, the call to extend the UN Fact-finding Mission and the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, and the importance of defining #GenderApartheid under international law.
Full interview at link in bio.
به امید ایرانی آزاد از چنگ اهریمن در کنارتان هستم. نوروزتان پیروز.
#WomanLifeFreedom #endgenderapartheid #Iran #Afghanistan
At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I joined @Amnesty’s Iran researcher @bahreiniraha and the Executive Director and co-founder of @iranrights, Roya Boroumand, to hear the reports and the interactive dialogues of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI). Raha gave a moving intervention on behalf of Amnesty.
We also met with delegations from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe — including Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amstberg, whose support we are very grateful for — to urge member states to vote in support of the extension of the mandate of the FFMI and renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, which are distinct and complimentary mandates that are both necessary due to intensified crackdowns and rights abuses in Iran. We also encouraged sustained multinational efforts, beyond these votes, to hold the Islamic Republic authorities to account for their crimes against humanity.
I also attended a powerful side event chaired by @nazaninajm, that platformed the voices of Iranian activists and brave survivors of the Islamic Republic’s brutalities.
Even though Islamic Republic officials were present in full force, I left feeling empowered and inspired by the Iranian human rights community who stood staunchly on the side of justice, freedom and accountability.
#WomanLifeFreedom lives on!
#Iran #HumanRights #UN #unhrc
At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I joined @Amnesty’s Iran researcher @bahreiniraha and the Executive Director and co-founder of @iranrights, Roya Boroumand, to hear the reports and the interactive dialogues of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI). Raha gave a moving intervention on behalf of Amnesty.
We also met with delegations from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe — including Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amstberg, whose support we are very grateful for — to urge member states to vote in support of the extension of the mandate of the FFMI and renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, which are distinct and complimentary mandates that are both necessary due to intensified crackdowns and rights abuses in Iran. We also encouraged sustained multinational efforts, beyond these votes, to hold the Islamic Republic authorities to account for their crimes against humanity.
I also attended a powerful side event chaired by @nazaninajm, that platformed the voices of Iranian activists and brave survivors of the Islamic Republic’s brutalities.
Even though Islamic Republic officials were present in full force, I left feeling empowered and inspired by the Iranian human rights community who stood staunchly on the side of justice, freedom and accountability.
#WomanLifeFreedom lives on!
#Iran #HumanRights #UN #unhrc
At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I joined @Amnesty’s Iran researcher @bahreiniraha and the Executive Director and co-founder of @iranrights, Roya Boroumand, to hear the reports and the interactive dialogues of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI). Raha gave a moving intervention on behalf of Amnesty.
We also met with delegations from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe — including Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amstberg, whose support we are very grateful for — to urge member states to vote in support of the extension of the mandate of the FFMI and renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, which are distinct and complimentary mandates that are both necessary due to intensified crackdowns and rights abuses in Iran. We also encouraged sustained multinational efforts, beyond these votes, to hold the Islamic Republic authorities to account for their crimes against humanity.
I also attended a powerful side event chaired by @nazaninajm, that platformed the voices of Iranian activists and brave survivors of the Islamic Republic’s brutalities.
Even though Islamic Republic officials were present in full force, I left feeling empowered and inspired by the Iranian human rights community who stood staunchly on the side of justice, freedom and accountability.
#WomanLifeFreedom lives on!
#Iran #HumanRights #UN #unhrc
At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I joined @Amnesty’s Iran researcher @bahreiniraha and the Executive Director and co-founder of @iranrights, Roya Boroumand, to hear the reports and the interactive dialogues of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI). Raha gave a moving intervention on behalf of Amnesty.
We also met with delegations from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe — including Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amstberg, whose support we are very grateful for — to urge member states to vote in support of the extension of the mandate of the FFMI and renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, which are distinct and complimentary mandates that are both necessary due to intensified crackdowns and rights abuses in Iran. We also encouraged sustained multinational efforts, beyond these votes, to hold the Islamic Republic authorities to account for their crimes against humanity.
I also attended a powerful side event chaired by @nazaninajm, that platformed the voices of Iranian activists and brave survivors of the Islamic Republic’s brutalities.
Even though Islamic Republic officials were present in full force, I left feeling empowered and inspired by the Iranian human rights community who stood staunchly on the side of justice, freedom and accountability.
#WomanLifeFreedom lives on!
#Iran #HumanRights #UN #unhrc
At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I joined @Amnesty’s Iran researcher @bahreiniraha and the Executive Director and co-founder of @iranrights, Roya Boroumand, to hear the reports and the interactive dialogues of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI). Raha gave a moving intervention on behalf of Amnesty.
We also met with delegations from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe — including Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amstberg, whose support we are very grateful for — to urge member states to vote in support of the extension of the mandate of the FFMI and renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, which are distinct and complimentary mandates that are both necessary due to intensified crackdowns and rights abuses in Iran. We also encouraged sustained multinational efforts, beyond these votes, to hold the Islamic Republic authorities to account for their crimes against humanity.
I also attended a powerful side event chaired by @nazaninajm, that platformed the voices of Iranian activists and brave survivors of the Islamic Republic’s brutalities.
Even though Islamic Republic officials were present in full force, I left feeling empowered and inspired by the Iranian human rights community who stood staunchly on the side of justice, freedom and accountability.
#WomanLifeFreedom lives on!
#Iran #HumanRights #UN #unhrc
At the 55th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, I joined @Amnesty’s Iran researcher @bahreiniraha and the Executive Director and co-founder of @iranrights, Roya Boroumand, to hear the reports and the interactive dialogues of the Special Rapporteur and the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFMI). Raha gave a moving intervention on behalf of Amnesty.
We also met with delegations from Asia, South America, Africa and Europe — including Germany’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Luise Amstberg, whose support we are very grateful for — to urge member states to vote in support of the extension of the mandate of the FFMI and renewal of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Iran, which are distinct and complimentary mandates that are both necessary due to intensified crackdowns and rights abuses in Iran. We also encouraged sustained multinational efforts, beyond these votes, to hold the Islamic Republic authorities to account for their crimes against humanity.
I also attended a powerful side event chaired by @nazaninajm, that platformed the voices of Iranian activists and brave survivors of the Islamic Republic’s brutalities.
Even though Islamic Republic officials were present in full force, I left feeling empowered and inspired by the Iranian human rights community who stood staunchly on the side of justice, freedom and accountability.
#WomanLifeFreedom lives on!
#Iran #HumanRights #UN #unhrc
This International Women’s Day I spoke to the BBC’s @azadeh_moshiri about the record low voter turnout in Iran’s recent presidential elections, the new @amnesty report on the draconian campaign by the Islamic Republic authorities to persecute women defying compulsory hijab, and actionable steps to support the Iranian people’s struggle for freedom, including calling on UN member states to vote to extend the mandate of the fact-finding mission on ingoing atrocities committed by the authorities in Iran, and codifying ‘gender apartheid’ under international law.
Thank you, Azadeh, for continuing to spotlight the plight of the Iranian people.
And for anyone interested in this gold & diamond Iran necklace I’m wearing, it supports a great cause! In honor of Norooz, you can use code ABC20 (until April 1, 2024) to shop for any item on the @noush_jewelry website, and they will donate 20% of all sales to @IranRights as well as a 10% discount for shoppers. The perfect gift that gives back. Visit noushjewelry.com
(Note: this is a charitable campaign, there’s no business affiliation between Nazanin Boniadi and Noush Jewelry).
#InternationalWomensDay #WomanLifeFreedom #MahsaAmini #EndGenderApartheid
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Narges Mohammadi wrote a letter to @lemondefr, here you’ll be reading some part of it published on 29th of Feb 2024,
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“Pressure from the security services and judicial authorities has increased. Since November 29, 2023, I have been deprived of telephone calls and visits. This ban has just been extended because of the letter I recently sent to Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking him to criminalize gender apartheid. To date, I haven’t even been able to hear from my family the account of the Nobel Prize ceremony. After I received this prize, in January the Revolutionary Court pronounced a new sentence against me.
The support of international institutions for democratic movements, human rights defenders, and civil society currents is one of the most effective ways of strengthening the democratic process in Iran. There is clear opposition between the Iranian people and the theocratic, autocratic, and misogynist regime of the Islamic Republic because Iranians seek to establish democracy. Any support from international institutions strengthens the opposition movements in their efforts to combat this totalitarian regime.”
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#NargesMohammadi #WomanLifeFreedom #Womensday #internationalwomensday @lemondefr #LeMonde
Today, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran (ABC) Board Director and 2023 Sydney Peace Prize Laureate @NazaninBoniadi and ABC Executive Director @RoyaBoroumand sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken @SecBlinken and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield @LindaT_G to call attention to the death sentence handed down to Toomaj Salehi and urging them to demand that this sentence be reversed and Toomaj be released immediately.
An accessible link to the letter, along with information on Mr. Salehi’s case, is provided in our story.
https://mailchi.mp/3202c57285f8/press-release-abdorrahman-boroumand-center-abc-leadership-and-board-call-on-us-senior-diplomats-to-act-resolutely-for-toomaj-salehi-6248744
You can fight gender apartheid 🫵
Our Counsellors @nazaninboniadi, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Hasina Safi, and Ambassador @marziehhamidi.official spoke about their experience of living in and fighting against a gender apartheid state. They urged the global community to show solidarity and not let the stories of women in Iran and Afghanistan fade.
Their tips on how you can show solidarity are:
💪 Talk about women’s rights and freedom, share their stories and be their voice
💪 listen and understand the ground reality of the state of women’s rights
💪 include women in your definition, policy and discussion of peace
We urge you to show solidarity with women, not only in Afghanistan and Iran but anywhere in the world where their rights are held hostage by governments and society.
Watch the full session through our link in bio.
🚨 Swipe to find a rally in your city this weekend
Several Iranian protesters are at risk of execution. Join a rally in your city this weekend to demand the halt of executions in Iran. ✊✊
📌 Toomaj Salehi is a prominent Iranian rapper who was violently abducted by authorities in October 2022 for supporting the nationwide anti-government protests. He is known for using his lyrics to criticize the Iranian regime. In April 2024, he was sentenced to death.
📌 Mojahed Kourkour (Abbas Kourkouri) was arrested during the nationwide anti-government protests in December 2022 and sentenced to death. His grossly unfair sham trial relied on torture-tainted confessions obtained while he was subjected to enforced disappearance.
📌 Reza Rasaei, 34, is a protester from Iran’s persecuted Kurdish ethnic minority and the Yarsan religious minority who was arrested in November 2022 and sentenced to death. He has been subjected to torture, including electric shocks, suffocation by putting a plastic bag over his head, and severe beatings to compel his forced confessions.
📌 Abbas Deris, 51, was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial in relation to the November 2019 nationwide protests. He was forced to confess was forced to confess under torture and pressure in solitary confinement, and his confession was aired on state TV prior to any legal proceedings. He is a father of three children.
🔴 CORRECTION:
– Houston, TX: Sunday, April 28
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#DoNotExecute #StopExecutionsInIran
Graphics by @sahar_ghorishi.x
Photos via hoonar1401/x
🚨 Swipe to find a rally in your city this weekend
Several Iranian protesters are at risk of execution. Join a rally in your city this weekend to demand the halt of executions in Iran. ✊✊
📌 Toomaj Salehi is a prominent Iranian rapper who was violently abducted by authorities in October 2022 for supporting the nationwide anti-government protests. He is known for using his lyrics to criticize the Iranian regime. In April 2024, he was sentenced to death.
📌 Mojahed Kourkour (Abbas Kourkouri) was arrested during the nationwide anti-government protests in December 2022 and sentenced to death. His grossly unfair sham trial relied on torture-tainted confessions obtained while he was subjected to enforced disappearance.
📌 Reza Rasaei, 34, is a protester from Iran’s persecuted Kurdish ethnic minority and the Yarsan religious minority who was arrested in November 2022 and sentenced to death. He has been subjected to torture, including electric shocks, suffocation by putting a plastic bag over his head, and severe beatings to compel his forced confessions.
📌 Abbas Deris, 51, was sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial in relation to the November 2019 nationwide protests. He was forced to confess was forced to confess under torture and pressure in solitary confinement, and his confession was aired on state TV prior to any legal proceedings. He is a father of three children.
🔴 CORRECTION:
– Houston, TX: Sunday, April 28
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#DoNotExecute #StopExecutionsInIran
Graphics by @sahar_ghorishi.x
Photos via hoonar1401/x
