Simin Fahandej

As you watch the World Cup, remember this. #WorldCup

Persecution and repression can never destroy what’s in a person’s heart, they cannot crush one’s innermost beliefs, desires and longing for a better life and for human dignity. سرکوب هرگز نمی‌تواند آنچه را در قلب انسان‌هاست نابود کند؛ و عمیق‌ترین باورها و اشتیاق آنان به زندگی بهتر و کرامت انسانی را در هم بشکند. Baha’i International Community’s Statement to the UN Special Session on Iran #Iran #ایران

Iranian government representatives speaking this morning at the #UN Human rights Council during Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on #Iran and the Fact-Finding Mission.

During today’s UPR, #Iran has brought a representative to talk about how religious minorities have their full human rights…I would love to be able to ask what their answer is to the imprisonment of #Bahais in #Iran and government policies which have institutionalized discrimination against Baha’is for their #faith.

#Iran’s #UN UPR has started, with Iran expressing its commitment to human rights and the UPR process.

Thank you to my fellow panelists and also the co-sponsors of this very interesting and important event at the #UnitedNations on the situation of ethnic and religious minorities in #Iran just before Iran’s Universal Periodic Review this Friday! .#HumanRightsForAll

Happening today together with @hrw, @amnesty, @impactiran and @MinorityRights on Iran’s upcoming UPR! #Iran #HumanRightsViolations #HumanRightsForAll

Happening now: at the UN General Assembly, the #Iran Special Rapportuer presenting her first report to the #UN on Iran’s human rights violations. #equality #humanrightsvioaltions

Thank you to the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights @NadaNashif for mention of the #Bahais in #Iran in her presentation of the report of the UN secretary General @antonioguterres about the human rights situation in Iran. #equality #humanrights #ourstoryisone

It was an honor for me to speak at the Nobel Peace Centre @NobelPeaceOslo in Oslo, Norway, a building of such historical significance, on the situation of human rights in #Iran. It’s clear that the only way to address hate speech and the “otherness” created by the Iranian government is through putting aside our differences, discarding the idea of “us and them”, seeing each other as one and celebrating our diversity. #ourstoryisone #equality

If you’re in Washington DC tomorrow, join us for a lively discussion at this event on the recent groundbreaking report of the Human Rights Watch on the #Bahais in #Iran with @MichaelARPage from the @hrw, @StephenSchneck from @USCIRF and @PatriciaJKaram from the @freedomhouse. #equality #humanrights