Urgent joint appeal to the international community : Stop Iranian regime’s brutal oppression of peaceful protesters

May 16, 2024

October 18, 2022  

We, the undersigned representatives of World Civil society, human rights activists, and intellectuals, from across the world, strongly urge all governments, as well as regional and international organizations, to clearly and unequivocally denounce the ongoing violent crackdown against the public protests and demands for democratic reform and government accountability that have been occurring across Iran.   

The Iranian government has responded to protests with excessive force. This has included widespread use of beatings, arbitrary detentions and the use of rubber bullets and allegedly live ammunition against unarmed civilians, resulting in over a deaths.   

With the strong risk that repression, violence and instability in Iran could escalate to unprecedented levels in the coming days, it is critical that individual governments from all regions of the world urgently exert strong and concerted pressure on the Iranian Regime to curb human rights abuses against Kurdish activists. 

We call on the United Nations, its Member States and regional bodies to condemn the serious and widespread human rights violations carried out by the Iranian authorities against Kurdish civilians throughout the country. The international community must remind the Iranian government of its international human rights obligations, urge it to fully respect the rights to peaceful assembly, freedom of movement and freedom of expression, and support the demands of the Kurdish peoples in Iran.   

The death of Jina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish girl who was murdered under the custody of the Iranian morality police in Tehran, sparked an unprecedented movement of public protest and uprising across Iran. The movement first started in her hometown in Kurdistan and spread all over Iran. The progressive ‘Woman-Life-Freedom’ movement not only objects to the compulsory Islamic hijab and other restrictions on Iranian women, but also asks for the restoration of basic human rights for all Iranians. 

The Islamic Republic of Iran has exercised an unbridled and inhumane violence against the protesters across the country, especially in the regions inhabited by ethnic communities such as Kurds, and Baluchs. According to the Iran Human Rights Group, at least 244 people including 34 children have been killed by the security forces of the regime. The regime has used warzone weapons such as helicopters to crush protesters in the city of Zahedan in Baluchistan province last week. Currently, a brutal campaign of intimidation against the local population is undertaken in the city of Sanandaj in Kurdistan province involving the perpetration of acts that amount to crimes against humanity. Having the city under siege, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) opens fire directly at protesters in the streets and civilians in their homes. Dozens of deaths are reported, and numerous civilians including hundreds of children have been kidnapped. Hospitals are banned from taking injured protesters. 

 As the peaceful demonstrations continue all over Iran, the unbridled violence by regime forces is increasing daily in the Kurdish cities of Iran. By resorting to a larger scale of oppression in Kurdish regions, the regime is trying to divert attention from demonstrations in major cities of Iran. In an act of revenge and instigation to militarize the progressive movement, the Iranian military is bombarding the bases of the Iranian Kurdish political parties exiled in Iraqi Kurdistan. During a series of missile and drone strikes on September 28th, dozens of Iranian Kurdish civilians, including women and children were killed and injured. This is a clear act of war crime and disrespect for international laws. The regime is amassing more forces in the Kurdish regions, especially on the borders, indicating that the regime is preparing for a potential full-scale war in the region. 

Halting the excessive use of violence by the regime requires the intervention of the international community. We, the signatories of the present urgent appeal, draw the attention of the international community to the seriousness of the situation. Effective and immediate international measures are needed to protect civilians. These measures may include: 

  • Convening an extraordinary meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss measures towards protecting Iranian civilians against the regime’s brutal suppression of protestors all over the country.
  • Dispatching an independent committee under the auspices of the UN Human Rights Council to investigate the excessive use of violence and torture in the Iranian Kurdish and Baluchi regions.
  • Using all possible means to force the Iranian regime to stop its campaign of systematic oppression and violence, and allow the international humanitarian agencies access to the Kurdish and Baluchi regions.
  • Reducing the level of diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic and making the resumption of negotiations on the nuclear deal conditioned on immediate ending the repression of demonstrators and the release of the prisoners related to these protests as well as all political prisoners.
  • Using any economic pressure to limit the margin of action of Iranian officials directly involved in the repression of demonstrators and in the regime’s military maneuvers against Kurdish resistance based in Iraqi Kurdistan.

  This joint appeal is supported by following ECOSOC Accredited organizations: 

  1. ABC Tamil Oli 
  2. Action of Human Movement (AHM) 
  3. Association Burkinabé pour la Survie de l’Enfance 
  4. ASSOCIATION CULTURELLE DES TAMOULS EN France 
  5. Association Pour le Droit de l’Homme et le Développement Durable (ADHDD) 
  6. Association des étudiants tamouls de France 
  7. Association pour la défense des droits de l’homme et des revendications démocratiques/culturelles du peuple Azerbaidjanais-Iran – «ARC» 
  8. Association pour les Victimes Du Monde 
  9. Association Thendral 
  10. Centre Zagros pour les Droits de l’Homme 
  11. Fitilla 
  12. International Yazidis Foundation for the Prevention of Genocide 
  13. Jeunesse Etudiante Tamoule 
  14. Le Pont 
  15. Les Caribous Libérés 
  16. Tamil Uzhagam 
  17. Tripla Difesa Onlus Guardie – Sicurezza Sociale e Ecozoofila 

  This Joint appeal is supported by following organizations without ECOSOC : 

  1. D.A.M. ASSOCIATION D’AIDE AUX MIGRANTS 
  2. M.I.C.A.D.H.O. (ASSOCIATION MILITANTE POUR LA CONNAISSANCE ET LA 
  3. DIFFUSION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME). 
  4. ACT’ SOLIDARITE INTERNATIONALE POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME (ASIDH). 
  5. Action contre les Violations des Droits Humains 
  6. ACTION DE LA JEUNESSE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE 
  7. Action des Chrétiens Pour les droits de l’homme 
  8. Action des chrétiens pour les Droits Humains 
  9. Action for education and the Promotion of women 
  10. Action for Protection of Child Rights 
  11. Action pour la Protection des Droits de l’Enfant 
  12. Action Pour l’Education au Développement Durable et aux Droits Humains 
  13. ACTION SRI LANKA 
  14. ACTIONS ECOLOGIQUES FRANÇAISES 
  15. ACTIONS ET DROITS POUR LES FEMMES EXILEES ET MIGRANTES 
  16. Actions et Droits pour les Femmes Exilées et Migrantes 
  17. ACTIONS POUR LA PROTECTION ET LA DEFENSE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  18. Advocates for Justice and Human Rights
  19. Advocates for Peace and Human Rights 
  20. AGARAM 
  21. AGARAM TRANSLATION SERVICES (AGARAM TS) 
  22. Agence Internationale des Droits de l’Homme 
  23. AIDE CITOYENNE ET DEVELOPPEMENT CONCERTE 
  24. AJACCIO HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER 
  25. ALLIANCE DES JURISTES POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  26. Alliance internationale contre le génocide 
  27. ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALE CONTRE LE GENOCIDE DES TAMOULS 
  28. Alliance Internationale de Défense des Droits Humains 
  29. ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALE DES JOURNALISTES 
  30. ALLIANCE INTERNATIONALE POUR LA JUSTICE 
  31. Alliance for Minority Rights 
  32. Alliance internationale pour la liberté de Tamil Eelam 
  33. Alliance of Lawyers for Human Rights 
  34. ALLIANCE POUR LA JUSTICE INTERNATIONALE (A.J.I.). 
  35. ALLIANCE POUR LA JUSTICE INTERNATIONALE (AJI) 
  36. ASSE : ACTION DE SOLIDARITE ET DE SOUTIEN AUX ETUDIANTS 
  37. ASSOCIATION CARITATIVE ETUDIANTE POUR LA JEUNESSE 
  38. ASSOCIATION CULTURE FEMMES 
  39. ASSOCIATION DE DEFENSE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  40. ASSOCIATION DE DEFENSE DES DROITS DES ENFANTS 
  41. Association de Défense des Droits des Enfants 
  42. ASSOCIATION DE DEFENSE DES DROITS HUMAINS EN SORBONNE 
  43. ASSOCIATION DE DEFENSE ET DE PROMOTION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  44. ADEAGE 
  45. ASSOCIATION DE LA SOLIDARITÉ DES ETUDIANTS DE BORDEAUX 
  46. ASSOCIATION DE SOLIDARITE BORDEAUX 
  47. ASSOCIATION DE SOLIDARITÉ INTERNATIONALE POUR LE 
  48. DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE 
  49. ASSOCIATION DES ANONYMES ET PERSÉCUTES DU GÉNOCIDE TAMOULE 
  50. Association des Artistes du Monde 
  51. ASSOCIATION DES CHRETIENS TAMOULS DE FRANCE 
  52. ASSOCIATION DES CHRETIENS TAMOULS POUR LA PAIX ET JUSTICE 
  53. ASSOCIATION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME DE CHARENTE 
  54. Association des Droits de l’Homme de Nevers 
  55. Association des élèves et étudiants Tamouls en France 
  56. ASSOCIATION DES ETUDIANTS AFRICAINS DE LA SORBONNE (ADEAS). 
  57. ASSOCIATION DES ETUDIANTS POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME ASEDH. 
  58. ASSOCIATION DES FEMMES POUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETE 
  59. ASSOCIATION DES FEMMES SOLIDAIRES DU MONDE 
  60. ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES DE LA DIASPORA TAMOUL 
  61. ASSOCIATION DES JEUNES DU VILLAGE 
  62. Association des Journalistes en Exil 
  63. ASSOCIATION DES JURISTES SPECIALISES EN DROITS ETRANGERS (A.J.S.D.E.). 
  64. ASSOCIATION DROIT ET TALENTS DE FEMMES 
  65. ASSOCIATION ESPOIR DES SOCIETES POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE (AESD) 
  66. ASSOCIATION FEMMES DE LA MEDIATION 
  67. ASSOCIATION FEMMES SOLIDAIRES (AFS). 
  68. Association for Independence of Judges and Lawyers 
  69. ASSOCIATION FOR PREVENTION AND INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY (APSI). 
  70. Association Free Tamil Eelam 
  71. Association Humaniste de France 
  72. ASSOCIATION HUMANITAIRE FRANCO-SRI LANKAISE 
  73. Association International pour le Développement Economique et Social 
  74. Association Internationale Contre les Disparitions forcées 
  75. ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES ETUDIANTS ETRANGERS (AIEE) 
  76. ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES JOURNALISTES INDEPENDANTS 
  77. ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DES JOURNALISTES INDEPENDANTS (AIJI). 
  78. ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LA DEFENSE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME (IADHR) 
  79. ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LA PROMOTION DE LA SANTE ET 
  80. LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE-S2D 
  81. ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT 
  82. ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL DU TAMIL EELAM 
  83. ASSOCIATION JEUNESSE INSERTION SOLIDARITE-AJIS 
  84. Association liberté et égalité 
  85. ASSOCIATION LUTTE CONTRE LA VIOLENCE FAITE AUX FEMMES 
  86. ASSOCIATION LYONNAISE DES ETUDIANTS EN DROIT DE L’HOMME (ALEDH) 
  87. ASSOCIATION MONDIALE POUR LA JUSTICE ET LE DROIT DES VICTIMES 
  88. ASSOCIATION POUR LA DEFENSE DES DROITS DES CITOYENS – A.D.D.C. 
  89. ASSOCIATION POUR LA DIFFUSION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME DANS 
  90. L’UNIVERSITE DE LYON (ADDHUL) 
  91. ASSOCIATION POUR LA JUSTICE PENALE INTERNATIONALE (A.J.P.I.) 
  92. ASSOCIATION POUR LA PREVENTION ET LA SOLIDARITE INTERNATIONALE (APSI). 
  93. ASSOCIATION POUR LA SOLIDARITE ETUDIANTE EN FRANCE 
  94. ASSOCIATION POUR LA SOLIDARITE FRANCE-AFRIQUE 
  95. Association Pour la Solidarité Internationale (ASI) 
  96. ASSOCIATION POUR LE DROIT DE L’HOMME ET LE DEVELOPPEMENT 
  97. DURABLE (Colombes) 
  98. Association pour le droit des étrangers 
  99. ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME EN FRANCE 
  100. ASSOCIATION SAINTE-MARIE DE NAVANTHURAI 
  101. ASSOCIATION SOLIDARITE SANS FRONTIERE ET D’EDUCATION 
  102. ASSOCIATION SOLIDARITE SANS FRONTIERE ET D’EDUCATION (ASSFE). 
  103. ASSOCIATION TAMIL UZHAGAM 
  104. ASSOCIATION THENDRAL 
  105. Association Culturelle Zagros – Belgique 
  106. Académie de coopération interculturelle – Allemagne 
  107. Association kurde de l’Ouest canadien 
  108. CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 
  109. Centre Bishop Rayappu Joseph pour la Justice et la paix 
  110. CENTRE D’ACCÈS POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME (CADH) 
  111. CENTRE DE LA PROMOTION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  112. CENTRE DE LA SORBONNE POUR LE DROIT INTERNATIONAL ET LES 
  113. CENTRE DE PROTECTION DE TAMIL EELAM 
  114. Centre de Recherche sur les Droits de l’Homme 
  115. CENTRE EUROPÉEN POUR LA PAIX ET JUSTICE 
  116. Centre for Advocacy and Human Development 
  117. Centre for Human Rights Advocacy 
  118. Centre for Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) 
  119. CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LA PAIX ET JUSTICE 
  120. CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  121. CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  122. CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DES ÉTUDES STRATÉGIQUES ET POLITIQUES 
  123. Centre Tamoul pour les droits de l’homme et la démocratie 
  124. Centre des écrivains du Kurdistan 
  125. Centre Chuarbakh 
  126. Centre Roji kurd, France 
  127. Centre des femmes kurdes à Cologne – Allemagne 
  128. Centre de la diaspora du Kurdistan 
  129. CITOYENS EN ACTION 
  130. Confédération de la diaspora kurde 
  131. COALITION OF WORLD TAMIL ORGANIZATIONS 
  132. COLLECTIF DE FEMMES POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME – CFDH 
  133. COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE COORDINATION HUMANITAIRE (C.I.C.H.). 
  134. CONSEIL NATIONAL DES DROITS DE L’HOMME ET DU CITOYEN 
  135. COORDINATION INTERNATIONAL DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  136. ETUDIANTS POUR UNE SOCIETE DURABLE PARIS 
  137. Europeans Tamils for Justice and Peace 
  138. Equality for All Organization 
  139. FEDERATION DES JEUNES POUR LA COUR PENALE INTERNATIONALE 
  140. FEDERATION ETUDIANTE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME (FEDH) 
  141. Federation of Global Tamil Organizations 
  142. Fédération des associations kurdes de Belgique – Composée de 6 organisations 
  143. Fédération des associations kurdes de France – composée de 13 organisations 
  144. FORUM FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FRANCE FDHR 
  145. French for Democracy & Human Rights 
  146. GLOBAL TAMIL MOUVEMENT 
  147. Gouvernement en Exil du Tamil Eelam 
  148. Green-Eye Organization 
  149. HANA human rights organization 
  150. Hevi – Société allemande 
  151. Initiative de la Fédération kurde des Pays-Bas – composée de 5 organisations 
  152. International Alliance Against Genocide 
  153. INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST TAMILS GENOCIDE AND FREE 
  154. TAMIL EELAM 
  155. International Alliance for the Defense of Human Rights, 
  156. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS 
  157. International Association for the Promotion of Health and Sustainable Development- 
  158. S2D 
  159. International Center for Peace and Justice – ICPJ 
  160. International Centre for Right to Self determination 
  161. INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TAMIL EELAM 
  162. International Federation for Child Rights 
  163. Kurdish-Swiss Alliance 
  164. LE COLLECTIF LA PAIX AU SRI LANKA 
  165. LE CONSEIL INTERNATIONAL POUR LES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  166. LES AMIS DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  167. LIGUE EUROPEENNE POUR LA PROTECTION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  168. LIGUE EUROPEENNE POUR LA PROTECTION DES DROITS DE L’HOMME 
  169. MAISON DES CITOYENS DU MONDE 
  170. MEDIAS POUR LA PAIX ET JUSTICE 
  171. Mouvement Associatif des Jeunes et des Etudiants 
  172. Mouvement d’action humaine 
  173. NIÈVRE ACTION DROIT DE L’HOMME 
  174. NORTH-EAST DEVELOPPMENT AGENCY 
  175. North-East Secretariat on Human Rights 
  176. Organisation mondiale kurde – Allemagne 
  177. Organisation mondiale kurde – Suède 
  178. Organisation des droits de l’homme du Kurdistan 
  179. Organisation Glenna – Finlande 
  180. Organisation du Kurdistan-USA 
  181. Organisation Voice of Kurdistan 
  182. Projet démocratique du Kurdistan d’Iran 
  183. Réseau de coordination des organisations (CNO) dans le Sud – composé de 60 organisations 
  184. Radio kurde – Pays-Bas 
  185. Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme 
  186. Réseau International pour les Droits de l’Homme et de l’Etat de Droit 
  187. RELATIONS INTERNATIONALES 
  188. Shelter Organisation – Allemagne 
  189. SOLIDARITE INTERNATIONALE SANTE-LOGISTIQUE HUMANITAIRE 
  190. SOLIDARITE JEUNES ETUDIANTS 
  191. Solidarité Internationale pour la Paix – ASIP 
  192. South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) 
  193. STUDENTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 
  194. Tamil Eelam Football Federation 
  195. Tamil Eelam Olympic Committee 
  196. TAMIL EELAM PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
  197. TAMIL RIGHTS ACTION FORUM 
  198. TAMIL-STYLE (T-STYLE) 
  199. Tair-Al-Amal Association 
  200. Tribunal du Kurdistan 
  201. Union des femmes du Kurdistan – Suède 
  202. VENT 2 SABLES 
  203. WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – CFDH 
  204. WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE AND VICTIMS ‘LAW 
  205. World Tamil Parliamentarians Association 
  206. WORLD WOMEN SOLIDARITY ASSOCIATION 
  207. Youth Action for Development and Human Rights 

 This Joint appeal is supported by following intellectuals : 

  1. Avram Noam Chomsky, Professor, linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist, USA
  2. David Romano, Professor, Thomas G. Strong Professor of Middle East Studies, Missouri State University, USA
  3. Behrouz Boochani, Journalist, Human Rights Defender, Writer, and Film Producer, NewZealand 4. Abbas Vali (Emeritus), Professor, Dept. Sociology, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey 
  4. Adiba Isa, PhD, Staff Scientist at Thermofisher Scientific, Denmark
  5. Ahmad Mohammadpour, PhD, Assistant Prof. of Anthropology & Sociology, Troy University, Alabama, USA
  6. Alan Fotoohi, MD, PhD in experimental oncology, Consultant Clinical pharmacologist and Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 
  7. Allan Hassaniyan, PhD, Lecturer in Middle East Studies, University of Exeter, UK
  8. Almas Heshmati, Professor of Economics, Jönköping University, Sweden
  9. Amineh Kakabaveh, Politician, Sweden
  10. Arash Ahmadi, Professor, PhD in Electronics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
  11. Arezu Jahani-Asl, PhD, Associate Professor, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada
  12. Arndis Anna Kristinardottir Gunnarsdottir, member of the Icelandic parliament, Iceland
  13. Asso Hassan Zadeh, PhD, Global Studies Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
  14. Ava Homa, Author, Journalist, Activist, California, USA
  15. Baban Eliassi, PhD in Sociology and Political Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland
  16. Barzoo Eliassi, Professor, Department of Social Work, Linnaeus University, Sweden
  17. Bettina Koch, Professor, Virginia Tech- Political Science, Virginia, USA
  18. Brittany Bowman, PhD, Staff Scientist, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA
  19. Choman Hardi, PhD, Associate Professor, American University of Iraq, Sulaymani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq 
  20. Dennis Goldfarb, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Washington University, USA
  21. Diako Ebrahimi, Assistant Professor, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, USA
  22. Einar S. Björnsson, Professor , MD, PhD, Chief of The Department of Internal Medicine, Landspítali University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Iceland 
  23. Ebrahim Karimi, Professor, Canada Research Chair and Co-director of Nexus for Quantum Technologies, University of Ottawa, Canada
  24. Eyal Gottlieb, Professor, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
  25. Faraz Firouzi, LL.M., PhD Researcher, Univeristät Hamburg, Human Rights Lawyer, Legal Advisor of Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Hamburg, Germany 
  26. Farhad Khosravi, Chairman & CEO, ImperativeCare, Inc. Campbell, CA, USA
  27. Harald Stenmark, Professor at Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, University of Oslo, Norway 
  28. Hardy Mède, PhD, Researcher at the European Center for Sociology and Political Science (CESSP) and Co-President of the Center for Research on the Arab World (CEMA),France
  29. Hashem Ahmadzadeh, Associated Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden
  30. Hazhar Ahmed Abdulghafur (Rahimi), Assistant Professor of Literature, Soran University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq 
  31. Idris Ahmedi, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Karlstad University, Sweden 
  32. Jaffer Sheyholislami, School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, Canada
  33. Jamal Mamkhezri, Assistant Professor of Economics Associate Director, MA Economics Program, New Mexico State University, USA 
  34. Jamileh Hashemi, Associate Professor of experimental immuno-oncology, Uppsala University, Sweden
  35. Jón Ingvar Kjaran, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Iceland, Iceland
  36. Kamal Soleimani, Professor, PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern History, Professor- Researcher at El Colegio de Mexico 
  37. Kamran Matin, Associate professor of International Relations, University of Sussex, England
  38. Kamran Qaderi, PhD, Founder at Pacific Light & Hologram, Inc., California, USA
  39. Khalid Khayati, PhD, Senior University Lecturer, Linköping University, Sweden
  40. Kouhyar Tavakolian, Professor, Director of Biomedical Engineering, the University of North Dakota, USA
  41. Kurdo Baksi, Journalist, Social commentator and Author, Recipient of the Olof Palme Peace Prize (2000), Sweden
  42. Meaghan Dee, Associate Professor, Graphic Design, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA
  43. Lawen Redar, Member of Swedish Parliament and Social Democratic Party, Sweden
  44. Michael Gunter, Professor, Tennessee Technological University, Professor of Political Science, USA 
  45. Mohammad Zarei, PhD, Research Scientist, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA 
  46. Nasser Seyd Ahmadi, MD, PhD, Capio Sverige, Gothenburg, Sweden
  47. Nazand Begikhani, PhD, Vincent Wright Chair Visiting Professor, Sciences PO, Paris, France
  48. Omid Fotouhi, PhD, Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
  49. Parwez Rahim Qader, PhD in National Security Studies, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  50. Pershang Farshi, Scientist and Business Development, ProMab Technologies Inc. Richmond, California, USA
  51. Peyman Fasahati, PhD. Air Products, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
  52. Rahim Surkhi, Assistant Professor in Linguistics, Canada
  53. Reza Nejadiyan, Activist, Sweden
  54. Reza Ovissipour, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA
  55. Rojyar Khezri, PhD, postdoc, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway
  56. Saladdin Ahmed, Professor, Union College, Schenectady, New York, USA
  57. Sasan Amjadi, Political analyst, Switzerland
  58. Sergio Grinstein, Professor, PhD in Biochemistry, The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, University of Toronto, Canada 
  59. Sherko Kirmanj, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Koya University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq British Academy Bilateral Chair in Education, Conflict and Crisis, Ulster University, UK 
  60. Shoresh Soltani, PhD, Research Engineer, MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, Sweden
  61. Shukria Bradost, PhD, International Security, Virginia Tech University, USA
  62. Teresa Zimmers, HH Gregg Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
  63. Timothy Allen, PhD, Memorial Sloan associate professor clinical affairs, USA
  64. Leonardo R. Pérez , PhD, International Human Rights Advocate