Professor Javaid Rehman speaks at IOPHR event – How to Stop the Global Threat of the Iranian Regime

28 February 2023

Javaid Rehman

Earlier this month, Garden Court North associate member Professor Javaid Rehman – the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran – was invited to speak at an event in parliament.

The event on 8 February, How to Stop the Global Threat of the Iranian Regime, was hosted by the International Organisation to Preserve Human Rights (IOPHR) and chaired by a Director of IOPHR, Beverley Eve.

Also speaker were:

  • Anna Firth MP – a Member of UK Parliament
  • Mattie Heaven – a Director of IOPHR and the Regional Deputy Chairman for the Conservative Party
  • Afshin Sajedi – IOPHR Representative at the European Parliament, and the chair of the event and the Director of IOPHR, Beverley Eve.

Read more about the event on the IOPHR website.

Watch the event below.

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