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 3,100+ people who have signed the Emergency Appeal and an earlier Statement.
A partial list*:
- Noam Chomsky, Professor MIT (emeritus), Univ. of Arizona
- Ariel Dorfman, Author, Death and the Maiden
- Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 2003
- Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize 1997 for her work to ban landmines
- Gloria Steinem, Writer, feminist activist
- Cornel West, Philosopher, political activist, social critic
- Daniel Ellsberg, Author, Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Professor, Citizen Ambassador Free Rohingya Coalition
- Judith Butler, Professor and Author, University of California, Berkeley
- Kia Corthron, Playwright, Novelist
- Jeff Kaufman, Director, producer, writer of NASRIN documentary
- Marcia Ross, Producer, NASRIN documentary
- Azam Niroomand-Rad, Emeritus Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
- Naomi Wallace, MacArthur Fellow, Obie award winner for playwriting
- Jean Ziegler, Sociologist, writer, Switzerland
- Erica Deuber Ziegler, Art historian, Switzerland
- William Bourdon, Lawyer, Paris
- Dr. Saroj Giri, University of Delhi, India
- Dieter Karg, Spokesman, Iran Coordination Group of Amnesty International Germany
- 13 former Iranian political prisoners or exiles (details)
- Taghi Rahmani, political activist, journalist and writer
- Mariam Claren, Activist, daughter of political prisoner Nahid Taghavi
- Mansoureh Behkish, Mothers of Khavaran
- Dr. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, British-Australian academic, former political prisoner in Iran
- Elika Ashoori, Daughter of political prisoner Anoosheh Ashoori
- Satar Rahmani, Spokesperson, International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran, campaigning for Iran’s political prisoners
- Raymond Lotta, NY Revolution Books and advocate for the new communism developed by Bob Avakian
- Joshua Frank, CounterPunch
- Meredoc McMinn, Barrister, London
- Greg Ó Ceallaig, Barrister, London
- Carol Downer, Reproductive rights activist, co-initator of this Campaign
- Dolly Veale, revcom.us, co-initiator of this Campaign
- Kave Milani, Spokesman, Burn the Cage / Free the Birds, Europe
- Farhang Ghassemi, President, Commission des droits humains, Fédération Européenne des Écoles
- Azadeh Kian, University Professor, Paris
- Mehran Mostafavi, Professor, Physical Chemistry, University Paris Sud.
- Mehrdad Vahabi, Professor in economics and author, University Sorbonne Paris Nord, France
- Ron Jacobs, Writer
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