Iran

NGO Contacts

Action Committee for Women's Rights in Iran - Canada
P. O. Box 82552, 422 Parliament St
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 4N8, Canada
Contact person: Nasrin Beshart
Ph#: 416 727 8599 or 416 526 1027
E-mail: acwrit@hotmail.com

Association des Femmes Iraniennes de Montreal (AFIM)
C.P. 354, Succ. H, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 2L1, Canada

Association of Iranian Women USA (AIW.US)
85 South Bragg St. Suite 200 A, Alexandria VA 22312, USA
Ph #: 703 941 8584
Fax#: 941 3810
Email: aiwusa@aiwusa.org
Website: www.aiwusa.org/

International Campaign for Defense of Women’s Rights in Iran
ICDWRI aims: to publicize the atrocities against women in Iran committed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, to highlight the resistance and struggle of women against sexual apartheid in Iran, embodied in the Islamic laws governing the country, to gain international support for women's movement for equal rights and human rights in Iran
Spokesperson , coordinator: Parvin Kaboli
E-mail: parvinkaboli@yahoo.se
Ph#: + 46 70 774 4020

Canada:
Contact person: Nasrin Besharat
P.O. Box92299
2900 Warden Avenue
Toronto, Ontatio
M1W 3y 9, Canada
Ph#: 416-727-8599
E-mail: nasrin_besharat@yahoo.com

UK:
Contact person: Sohaila Sharifi
PO Box 42300
London N12 WY, UK
Ph#: +44 7719111738
E-mail: sohailasharifi@yahoo.co.uk
Website: http://www.irandwr.org/

International Federation of Iranian Refugees
IFIR is committed to organizing the protests of Iranian refugees and asylum seekers in support of political and social campaigns which: defend refugee and human rights; expose the Islamic Republic of Iran; create a progressive environment among Iranians abroad. Hambastegi (Solidarity) is IFIR’s bi-monthly publication which promotes its mission.
P.O. Box 27236, London, N11 2ZF
England
Ph#: +44 795 667 5218
Fax#: +44 870 129 4167
E-mail: ifir@ukonline.co.uk
Website: http://www.hambastegi.org

Iranian civil rights committee (IranCRC)
Iran CRC works for the establishment and defense of all fundamental and unalienable individual and civil rights and liberties- as defined by recognized international treaties, charters and declarations, as well as bills of rights in leading democratic countries- in Iranian society.
Unit 2, 42 Braganza Street, Kennington
London, SE17-3RJ, U.K.
Ph#: +44 07776 252457 or +44 020 7582 1166
Fax#: +44 0870 124 7150
E-mail: info@IranianCivilRights.com
Website: http://www.iraniancivilrights.com

Organisation for Defending Victims of Violence (ODVV)
ODVV is active in the field of human rights and humanitarian activities. The Organization pays attention to the research fields and conducts different project about the human rights, culture, civilizations, roots of violence, etc. The Organization publishes a monthly bulletin in Persian and English entitled Defenders' Newsletter which is in general, informative and gives valuable information on the situation of human rights in Iran and the region.
P.O.Box 16765-911, Tehran
Ph #: 98 21 886 49 28
Fax #: 98 21 65 30 91
E-mail: odvv@neda.net
Website: www.odvv.org

Pro-Human Rights Protest
Iranian Community, Canadian Raelian Movement P.O. Box 56, Station D
Toronto, ON M6P 3J5 Canada
Ph#/Fax#: 416-923-8546
Email: sam@mshri.on.ca

Women Living under Muslim Laws
The Network 'Women Living Under Muslim Laws' was created to break women’s isolation and to provide linkages and support to all women whose lives may be affected by Muslim laws. WLUML aims to increase women's knowledge about both their common and diverse situations in various contexts; to strengthen their struggles and to create the means to support them internationally from within and outside the Muslim world
Department of Sociology and Anthropolog
Concordia University
1445 Blvd. De Masionneuve
Montreal, Quebec H3G1M8, Canada
Ph #: (1-514) 848-2166
Fax #: (1-514) 8484539
E-mail: hhoodfar@aol.com
Website: http://www.wluml.org/english/index.shtml

Women's Solidarity Association of Iran (WSAI)
Objective: The organization promotes solidarity and sincere cooperation among Iranian women and their foreign counter parts and enhances women's organization and their presence in social and cultural spheres.
Executive Officer: Ms. Fatemeh Hashemi
P O Box 13165-117, Tehran
Ph #: 98 21 641 3636
Fax #: 98 21 640 6840

United Nations Contacts

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) -South Asia Regional Office
Umbrella Organisation: Countries include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
55 Lodi Estate 11003, New Delhi, India
Ph #: 91 11 469 8297
Fax #: 91 11 462 7612 (c/o UNDP)
Email: cjoshi@unifem.ernet.in
Website: www.unifem.undp.org/

Government Contacts

Center for Women's Participation
No. 182, Shaheed Labbafi, Nejad St., Tehran 13156
Ph #: (98-21) 649 3353/640
5181/640 5182
Fax #: (98-21) 640-3038
Email: cwp@women.or.ir
Website: http://www.women.or.ir

New York Permanent Mission

Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
622 Third Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10017, USA
Ph#: (212) 687-2020
Fax#: (212) 867-7086
E-mail: iran@un.int