On September 25 and 26th, large rallies were organized in front of the United Nations, New York by Iranian American communities. All year long from January to September 2018, our volunteers were campaigning and mobilizing people to join us in this endeavor.
One week Human Rights Campaign: From September 20th to 26th, our volunteers from all over the United States join us in New York to help mobilize people in support of Iran uprisings and to stop executions. The campaign and rally received extensive media coverage.
A photo exhibition in the rally depicted the faces of those executed by the regime in the 1988 massacre.
A woman place flowers next to photos of some of the people executed in Iran during a rally in front of the United Nations headquarters during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo)
September 28, 2016: As part of a large campaign to stop executions in Iran, a huge rally was organized in front of the United Nations, New York by Iranian American communities. A huge interfaith community from New York participated and condemned Rouhani’s record of more than 2,500 executions until September 2016. A Street Play about the executions during 1988 Massacres in Iran and a Photo Exhibition was presented. As a result, UN Third committee condemned Iran for the violation of human rights in its country and the General Assembly (in a recorded vote of 85 in favour to 35 against, with 63 abstentions) adopted the resolution.
On September 20, 2017 a large rally and human rights exhibition was held across the United Nations, York. The event, "Call for Justice, Stop executions in Iran" highlighted the Iranian President's human rights record of 3,100 executed under his watch and called out the government's suppression of religious and ethnic minorities.
August 13, 2016: A gathering in front of the White House to stand up against human rights violations and executions in Iran.
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