Honouring the Memories of Victims on the Third Anniversary of Flight PS752 Downing
January 08, 2023 16:15 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, Jan. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today marks three years since Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Association of...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Third Anniversary Commemoration of the Downing of Flight PS752
January 05, 2023 07:45 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, Jan. 05, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When:Sunday, January 8, 2023, from 11:00am-6:30pm ESTReception and art gallery viewing: 11:00am-1:50pmCeremony: 2:00pm-4:00pmCandlelight vigil public...
United Nations General Assembly condemns Iran’s human rights record
December 19, 2022 15:55 ET
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Baha'i National Center
New York, Dec. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A resolution calling on the Iranian government to end its discrimination of minorities in Iran, including of the Baha’i community, Iran’s largest...
U.N. Member States Remove Islamic Republic of Iran from Commission on the Status of Women
December 14, 2022 12:19 ET
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Vital Voices
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This fall, a coalition of Iranian women, along with Vital Voices Global Partnership and For Freedoms launched a campaign calling for the immediate...
"An Unbelievable Injustice": Mahvash Sabet and Fariba Kamalabadi sentenced to a second decade in prison in Iran
December 11, 2022 14:40 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Geneva, Dec. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the midst of increasingly violent and repressive actions by the Iranian authorities against their own citizens, two Baha’i women, Mahvash Sabet and...
Congress condemns Iran’s persecution of Baha’i minority
December 02, 2022 06:02 ET
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Baha'i National Center
Washington, D.C., Dec. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Thursday, December 1st, House Resolution 744 (H.Res.744), condemning the state-sponsored persecution of the Baha’i community of Iran was passed...
EYES ON IRAN ART ACTIVATION FACES THE U.N. IN NEW YORK
November 28, 2022 15:04 ET
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Vital Voices
NEW YORK, Nov. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iranian artists Sheida Soleimani, Aphrodite Désirée Navab, Z, Icy and Sot, Shirin Neshat, Mahvash Mostala, Sepideh Mehraban, and Shirin Towfiq,...
Media Advisory: Rally to remember the atrocities of the Islamic Republic and join in Iran’s revolution
November 17, 2022 08:49 ET
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PS752 Justice
TORONTO, Nov. 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims (the Association), in collaboration with 1500 Tasvir, is supporting groups across the globe that are...
Sec. Hillary Clinton, Canada's Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland, Oprah Winfrey, Malala, Christine Lagarde, Michelle Obama & Global Women Leaders from Over 14 Countries Sign an Open Letter Calling for UN Action Against Iran
October 30, 2022 08:40 ET
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Vital Voices
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The world's preeminent women leaders in business, politics, advocacy and the arts published an open letter in Sunday's New York Times calling for...
California City is First to Ask for a Free Secular Democratic Republic in Iran: Pinole City Council Declares Support for Human Rights in Iran
October 25, 2022 20:00 ET
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City of Pinole, California
PINOLE, Calif., Oct. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, the City of Pinole in California issued to a standing ovation the first proclamation in the USA "asking for a Free...