Urgent Appeal for International Action and Support for Peace in Iran
Dear Members of the European Parliament,
Dear Members of the United States Congress,
Dear Representatives of the United Nations,
We write to you following the mass killings of January 8–9, 2026, during which more than 50,000 civilians were reportedly killed and thousands injured, detained, or permanently harmed by forces of the Islamic Republic and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
These acts constitute crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and serious violations of binding international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly the right to life (Article 6), the prohibition of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 7), and the right of peaceful assembly (Article 21).
Under the Charter of the United Nations, Member States are committed to promoting human rights, peace, and the principle of self-determination of peoples. The international community therefore bears a legal and moral responsibility not to remain silent in the face of mass atrocity crimes.
We respectfully call upon democratic governments and international institutions to:
- Support an independent international investigation into the January events.
- Publicly affirm the Iranian people’s right to self-determination.
- Engage in dialogue with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi as a prominent advocate for democratic transition.
- Support a peaceful transition process culminating in free and fair elections under international supervision.
We further respectfully ask you to endorse and sign this letter as a clear commitment to
international law, accountability, democratic legitimacy, and peace.
Support peace. Stand with the people of Iran.
The future of Iran must be determined by its people — freely, democratically, and without coercion.
Respectfully,
Patriotic Doctors of Iran
(Representing a network of concerned physicians inside and outside Iran)
Alphabetical list:
- Dr. Farzad Abbaspour, Montreal, Canada
- Dr. Azam Abdollahadi, Toronto, Canada
- Dr. Arezou Afshar, Hamburg, Germany
- Dr. Tahereh Afsous Biria, Hamburg, Germany
- Dr. Lida Afzal Dehkordi, Mainz, Germany
- Dr. Hossein Ahmadzadehfar, Vienna, Austria
- Prof. Dr. med. Hojjat Ahmadzadehfar, M.Sc., Dortmund, Germany
- Dr. Mehrnoosh Akhavanpoor, Kassel, Germany
- Dr. Arya Arad, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Ladan Arman, Bad Honnef, Germany
- Shahin Arzani, Pharmacist, Essen, Germany
- Dr. Peyman Bakhshayesh, Leeds, UK
- Dr. Mohsen Banaie, Cologne, Germany
- Dr. Arya Basti, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dr. Rouzbeh Daneshvar, The Hague, Netherlands
- Dr. Nazila Doroodian, North Carolina, USA
- Dr. Behrouz Effatparvar, Hamburg, Germany
- Dr. Naghmeh Ehsani, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Zahra Eslami, Linz, Austria
- Dr. Afsaneh Esmaeili, Frankfurt, Germany
- Dr. Naghmeh Farazi, Toronto, Canada
- Dr. Somayeh Farhadi-Müller, Berlin, Germany
- Dr. Mohsen Farsad, Bolzano, Italy
- Dr. Navid Fazel, Bad Honnef, Germany
- Dr. Khatereh Ghasemi, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Elham Habibi, Bonn, Germany
- Dr. Bagher Haghi, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Ladan Hajipour, Manchester, UK
- Dr. Shahla Karimi, Berlin, Germany
- Dr. Afsaneh Khanedani, Meisterschwanden, Switzerland
- Asad Kiani, Physiotherapist, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Babak Mahdavi, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. med. Atash Majlessi, Hamburg, Germany
- Dr. Mir Masoud Mansourian, Southampton, UK
- Dr. Ali Mazarei, Toronto, Canada
- Fatemeh Mazari, Mainz, Germany
- Dr. Kazem Mirfakhrai, Vienna, Austria
- Prof. Dr. med. Siroos Mirzaei, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Shima T. Moein, Marlton, USA
- Dr. Behzad Mokri, London, UK
- Dr. Rita Mrowka, Cologne, Germany
- Mitra Nasiri, Dentist, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Dr. Mina Nasiri-Sarvi, Cologne, Germany
- Anoosheh Nazarian, MSc, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Banafsheh Pakdaman, Mannheim, Germany
- Dr. Touba Pakzad, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Hojjat Pilehvar, Braunschweig, Germany
- Dr. Saeed Pooyeh, Hamburg, Germany
- Dr. Dariush Rafiei, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Minoo Rahimi, Vienna, Austria
- Lili Rahmani, Berlin, Germany
- Dr. Noshene Ranjbar, Arizona, USA
- Dr. Panteha Rezaeian, LA, USA
- Dr. Freydyn Ronaghi, Klagenfurt, Austria
- Dr. Hessam Salamy, Hamburg, Germany
- Dr. Alireza Salehzadeh, London, UK
- Dr. Mona Sazgar, LA, USA
- Dr. Shiva Shabanian, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Hamed Shahi, Vienna, Austria
- Prof. Dr. Shahrokh Shariat, Vienna, Austria
- Parvin Shatti, Nurse, Berlin, Germany
- Dr. Kian Soltani, Sion, Switzerland
- Dr. Ferial Soudavar, Cologne, Germany
- Dr. Babak Taban, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Mohammad Tabatabai, Wiesbaden, Germany
- Dr. Leila Talebzadeh, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Hessam Vossoughi, Hannover, Germany
- Dr. Arghavan Yari, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Farzad Ziya, Vienna, Austria
- Dr. Sharam Zolmajd, near Hamburg, Germany
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Endorsed by:
- Dr. Helmut Brandstätter, EU-Parliament, NEOS, Austria
- Dr. Anton Platt, Politician, NEOS, Austria
- Charlie Andreas Weimers, EU-Parliament, Sweden Democrats, Sweden