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All Hope and Happiness to Our Friends in the New Year

Diplomatic Staff Should Boycott New Years’ Festivities Hosted by the Islamic Republic of Iran

While wishing our friends a happy and healthy New Year, we also issue a suggestion to the diplomatic corps of various governments around the world, as they consider which embassy events to attend to celebrate the New Year: DON’T go to the Islamic Republic’s parties. 32 years of rape, torture, stoning and execution has left … Continue reading →

Schedule for Week of Protests: Condemnation of Execution of Ali Saremi and Aliakbar Seyadat and All Executions in Iran; Demand for Freedom of Habibollah Latifi and All Political Prisoners in Iran

Week of Protests: December 27, 2010 to January 3, 2011 via the International Committee against Execution • In protest against the sentence of execution of Habib Latifi • For the release of his family and all other detainees in the city of Sanandaj • For the release of all political prisoners • For the abolition … Continue reading →

Regarding Ali Saremi: Open Letter to International Education, in Support of Committee of Free Teachers in Iran’s Call

To: Fred van Leeuwen General Secretary, Education International Internationale de l’Education Internacional de la Educación Bildungsinternationale headoffice@ei-ie.org Dear General Secretary van Leeuwen, We are writing to you to thank you and all of Education International once again for your earlier steadfast support for beloved Iranian teacher Farzad Kamangar. Together we struggled for his freedom and … Continue reading →

A Letter from Reza Sharifi Boukani, Political Prisoner Under Unofficial Sentence of Death in Iran.

Reza Sharifi Boukani is a political activist and political prisoner detained by the Islamic Republic under death sentence,* most recently in Rajaei Shahr prison. He was originally charged with “conspiring against the regime.” On December 26, 2010, Boukani was informally (verbally) charged with other false accusations, including giving order to plant bombs at Amir Almomeni … Continue reading →