Delivered by Ambassador Shara DUNCAN VILLALOBOS  Mr. President, I deliver this statement on behalf of 53 Member States. We would like to thank the Fact-Finding Mission for their update. We are particularly concerned by the reports of the ongoing surge of executions in Iran and the authorities’ use of the ...

Ahead of its first interactive dialogue July 5th, The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran has published its terms of reference, outlining its mandate, composition, standards and method of work, and more. For more information on the Fact-Finding Mission, see Impact Iran’s FFM Question & Answers ...

We, the undersigned, are deeply alarmed and appalled by the chilling surge in executions by the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past few months, including the recent wave of executions targeting protesters. These executions are deliberately designed to spread fear among the Iranian population and quash any form of ...

Find an English version of the FFM Q&A here. نسخه PDF Q&A را در اینجا بیابید. ترجمه فارسی   پرسش و پاسخ   درباره هیات حقیقت‌یاب مستقل بین‌المللی در مورد جمهوری اسلامی ایران  (FFMI)   مارس ۲۰۲۳   تولید شده توسط:   «ایمپکت ایران» هیات حقیقت‌یاب مستقل بین‌المللی  در مورد ...

New York, NY – Impact Iran, a coalition of international human rights organizations, has recently released a Q&A document outlining the work and significance of the United Nations’ latest Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran investigating alleged human rights violations that took place in the context of nationwide protests that ...

Statement delivered by Mr. Christian Guillermet, Viceminister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica During HRC52, High-Level Panel on Death Penalty (from the floor) Tuesday 28 February 2023, 10am CET Mr. President, I deliver this statement on behalf of a cross regional group of 54 countries. The complete version of this ...

Impact Iran applauds the UN Economic and Social Council’s (“ECOSOC”) adoption of a resolution on 14 December 2022 to revoke Iran’s membership from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (“CSW”) by a majority of member states from all regions of the globe. This unprecedented move sends a clear ...

نیویورک،  دسامبر ۲۰۲۲: در همبستگی با زنان ایرانی که خواستار حقوق خود با به خطر انداختن جان و آزادی خود هستند، نیویورک،  ۱۰ دسامبر ۲۰۲۲: در همبستگی با زنان ایرانی که خواستار حقوق خود با به خطر انداختن جان و آزادی خود هستند، ائتلاف «ایمپکت ایران» از دولت‌ها می‌خواهد که ...

Impact Iran hails today’s establishment by the Human Rights Council (“HRC”) of an international independent inquiry into Iran’s ongoing crackdown on nationwide popular protests as a watershed moment.  By a majority of 25 versus 6, and 16 abstentions, the main UN human rights body established an “international independent fact-finding mission” ...

July 5 2023 Delivered by Roya Boroumand I am delivering this statement on behalf of ARTICLE 19, the coalition Impact Iran and Front Line Defenders. We welcome the investigation work of the Fact-Finding Mission and look forward to the precedent it will play in documenting the rights violations and international ...

On June 19, High Commissioner Volker Türk opened the 53rd regular session of the Human Rights Council with a global update on human rights, and touched on Iran’s limited engagement with human rights bodies: “substantive implementation of the State’s obligations under international human rights law remains very limited, and I am concerned by ...

ائتلاف «ایمپکت ایران» و نهادهای عضو آن به عنوان سازمان‌هایی که متعهد به ترویج احترام به حقوق بشر هستند ناراحتی و نگرانی عمیق خود را از انتصاب اخیر آقای علی بحرینی، نماینده دائم جمهوری اسلامی ایران در سازمان ملل، به عنوان رئیس مجمع اجتماعی شورای حقوق بشر سازمان ملل اعلام ...

Find a PDF version of the Q&A here. نسخه فارسی Q+A را اینجا بیابید. Introduction The past decade has seen a substantial shift in support of UN bodies –– the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Security Council (UNSC), and Human Rights Council (HRC) –– for investigation mechanisms that can make direct ...

Fact Sheet · The Situation of human rights in Iran Download a PDF version of the fact sheet here. VIOLENT REPRESSION OF PEACEFUL PROTESTS Over the last six months, scores of Iranians have taken to the streets as part of an unprecedented wave of nationwide protests triggered by the custodial ...

The opening of the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council on Monday February 27 saw interventions from a number of delegates, during the session’s introductory High Level Segment. Amongst them were remarks given by Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian – the first made by an Iranian ...

Fact Cards: Iran, Women’s Rights & the CSW Myth nº1: Calls to remove Iran from the CSW’s membership came from a member-state initiative. FACT: Calls for removing Iran’s membership from the CSW first came from from Iranian women and men, just like the calls for accountability that resulted in the ...

Find a Persian translation of the statement here. 24 November 2022 Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Representatives of civil society, It is my honour to be with you today and to deliver a statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures and my own mandate. On 26 October, ...

A leaked document discloses that in 2022, Iran’s former security chief, Ali Shamkhani, warned Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei about a UN fact-finding mission focused on human rights violations. The confidential letter was revealed by the hacktivist group ‘Uprising till Overthrow’ on Sunday June 25 – its authenticity has not yet ...

۶ ژوئن ۲۰۲۳ بیانیه مشترک ما امضاکنندگان این بیانیه عمیقا نسبت به افزایش تکان‌دهنده اعدام‌ها در جمهوری اسلامی ایران ظرف چند ماه گذشته نگران و ناراحت هستیم. این اعدام‌ها عامدانه به گونه‌ای طراحی شده‌اند تا در میان مردم ایران ایجاد ترس کنند و در پی جنبش اعتراضات بی‌سابقه که هشت ...

11 May 2023 As organizations dedicated to promoting respect for human rights, Impact Iran and its members express their profound dismay and concern at the recent appointment of Mr. Ali Bahreini, the Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations (UN), as Chair-Rapporteur of the UN ...

نیویورک، نیویورک — «ایمپکت ایران»، ائتلافی متشکل از سازمان‌های حقوق بشری بین‌المللی، اخیرا یک سند «پرسش و پاسخ» منتشر کرده است که در آن شیوه کار و اهمیت جدیدترین کمیته حقیقت‌یابی بین‌المللی سازمان ملل در مورد ایران تشریح شده است. این کمیته موظف به تحقیق در مورد نقض احتمالی حقوق ...

In a groundbreaking report released today, Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, declared that “the scale and gravity” of human rights violations he and his office have been documenting since the start of the protests in September 2022 “point to the possible commission ...

The Right Honorable Ulf Kristersson Prime Minister of Sweden The Right Honorable Tobias BillströmMinister for Foreign Affairs for Sweden February 15, 2023 Dear Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, We are writing to urge the Swedish Government to take action to support the courageous women of Iran, who have ...

10 December 2022 New York In solidarity with Iranian women demanding their rights at the risk of their life and freedom, Impact Iran urges states to revoke the Islamic Republic of Iran’s membership of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (“CSW”). We welcome the leadership of UN member ...

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, At the outset, let me begin by saying that I have deep admiration for the people of Iran.  On my numerous official visits to the country in my previous incarnation, I have been inspired by the people I met and by the country’s rich cultural ...