{"id":10508,"date":"2023-06-20T21:18:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T21:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/announcements\/2023\/06\/20\/world-refugee-day\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:55:58","slug":"world-refugee-day-2023","status":"publish","type":"announcement","link":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/media\/announcement\/2023\/06\/20\/world-refugee-day-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"World Refugee Day 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In the Name of God<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Greetings and Blessings<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">I honor the World Refugee Day; as a refugee and victim of human rights violations who had no choice but to escape from his homeland to save his life, I share sympathy with all world refugees, and wish them patience and perseverance in their battle against oppression and the perpetrators of this sinister phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It should be noted that <\/span>asylum seeking is one of the consequences of human rights abuses, wars, and violation of the basic rights of people, as certain groups who seek their own interests and power deny many others the right to live in their homelands, forcing them to be displaced and seek asylum in other countries.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">In this regard: <\/span>I extend my sincere gratitude to all institutions, international human rights organizations, Amnesty International, the United States Commission on International Freedom, respected officials of the Canadian government, all and every individual including family members who assisted me in every possible way with asylum-seeking and settlement in Toronto, Canada in order to save my life from demons and enemies of humanity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on the asylum Mohammad Ali Taheri<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/news-room\/releases-statements\/uscirf-religious-prisoner-conscience-mr-mohammed-ali-taheri-granted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/news-room\/releases-statements\/uscirf-religious-prisoner-conscience-mr-mohammed-ali-taheri-granted<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dedicated page for Mohammad Ali Taheri&#8217;s case on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) website.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/religious-prisoners-conscience\/released-rpocs\/mohammad-ali-taheri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.uscirf.gov\/religious-prisoners-conscience\/released-rpocs\/mohammad-ali-taheri<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tweets by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) regarding the asylum of Mohammad Ali Taheri.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">USCIRF is elated by news that Iranian religious prisoner of conscience Mr. Mohammed Ali Taheri has been granted asylum in Canada. Mr. Taheri arrived in Toronto on March 8, 2020.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QdSkCC6M18\">https:\/\/t.co\/QdSkCC6M18<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USCIRF (@USCIRF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCIRF\/status\/1250892734854021120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">USCIRF Vice Chair @g_manchin: \u201cI am thrilled to hear of Mr. Taheri\u2019s resettlement and congratulate his followers on this wonderful news. I also thank the government of Canada for its efforts to swiftly grant asylum to Mr. Taheri and allow him to join his family in Toronto.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NV6JIKz0xN\">https:\/\/t.co\/NV6JIKz0xN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USCIRF (@USCIRF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCIRF\/status\/1250893383591235585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report by Amnesty International on successful cases, including the case of Mohammad Ali Taheri and his reunification with his family in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/impact\/2020\/12\/41-human-rights-wins-to-celebrate-right-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.amnesty.org\/en\/latest\/impact\/2020\/12\/41-human-rights-wins-to-celebrate-right-now<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Amnesty International Thailand report on successful cases and the reunification of Mohammad Ali Taheri with his family in Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/latest\/news\/809\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/latest\/news\/809<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Voice of America (VOA) on Mohammad Ali Taheri&#8217;s asylum case<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ir.voanews.com\/a\/canada-us-asylum-taheri\/5376478.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/ir.voanews.com\/a\/canada-us-asylum-taheri\/5376478.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nMohammad Ali Taheri <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Founder of Taheri Peace Organization \/ <\/strong><strong>Founder of the School of <em>Erfan Keyhani Halgheh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> Toronto June 20, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[242,247,246],"class_list":["post-10508","announcement","type-announcement","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-announcement","tag-refuge","tag-world-peace-promotion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/10508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/announcement"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/10508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taheripeace.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}