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We demand of the Islamic Republic of Iran: FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS NOW‍

We say to the U.S government: NO THREATS OR WAR MOVES AGAINST IRAN, LIFT U.S. SANCTIONS

Join the over 5,000 people who have signed the Emergency Appeal or an earlier Statement.
A partial list*:
  • Noam Chomsky, Professor Emeritus MIT; Professor, Univ. of Arizona
  • Ariel Dorfman, Author, Death and the Maiden
  • Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize 2003
  • Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize 1997 for her work to ban landmines
  • Gloria Steinem, Writer, feminist activist
  • Cornel West, Scholar-activist, Union Theological Seminary
  • Daniel Ellsberg (dec.), Author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
  • Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Professor, Citizen Ambassador Free Rohingya Coalition
  • Judith Butler, Professor, author, University of California, Berkeley
  • Kia Corthron, Playwright, Novelist
  • Jeff Kaufman, Director, producer, writer of NASRIN documentary
  • Marcia Ross, Producer, NASRIN documentary
  • Naomi Wallace, MacArthur Fellow, Obie award-winning playwright
  • Jean Ziegler, Sociologist, writer, Switzerland
  • William Bourdon, Lawyer, Paris
  • Dr. Saroj Giri, University of Delhi, India
  • Dieter Karg, Spokesman, Iran Coordination Group of Amnesty International Germany
  • Mariam Claren, Daughter of political prisoner Nahid Taghavi, campaigner to #FreeNahid
  • Raymond Lotta, Revolution Books NYC; revcom.us
  • Mansoureh Behkish, Mothers of Khavaran
  • 30 former political prisoners of Iran
More signers, including*:
  • Father Bob Bossie, Priests of the Sacred Heart
  • Rev. Dr. Robert L. Brashear, Pastor Emeritus West Park Church, NYC
  • Carol Gay, President, New Jersey Industrial Union Council
  • John Lonsdale, Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge, UK
  • Gary Pak, Writer, filmmaker, Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai’i
  • Jill Godmilow, Filmmaker, Emeritus Professor, University of Notre Dame, IN
  • Dr. Warren Gold, MD, Cardiopulmonologist, Emeritus professor, University of California, San Francisco
  • Kit Kittredge, Steering Committee Women’s Boat to Gaza
  • Shekib Mosadeq, Revolutionary Afghan artist, activist
  • Nicholas Mottern, Coordinator Knowdrones.com
  • Liz Bernstein, Human Rights Activist, Canada
  • Father Claude Mostowik, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Australia
  • Cecile Pineda, Novelist
  • Gordon Rogoff, Theater director, professor Yale School of Drama
  • Larry Everest, author, journalist, contributor to revcom.us
  • Several members of Veterans4Peace and Santa Fe, NM chapter
* Institutions for identification purposes only

Full list of signers