Foundation for Defense of Democracies

FDD’s Iran Human Rights Project is a multi-tiered program to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its human rights violations by exposing its abusers and facilitators and giving voice to its victims.

The project will:

• Provide scholarly and investigative research and documentation of the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses, including those committed or sanctioned by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), the Basij, the al-Quds Force, and Iran’s terrorist proxies such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and other terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere.
• Track international companies providing equipment and technology used by the Iranian regime to suppress its opposition.
• Identify policy options available to the United States, foreign governments, and international organizations, including human rights sanctions, prosecution, and political pressure, to effectively pressure the regime to curb its illicit behavior and support those fighting for freedom.
• Serve as a repository for open-source reports and information on these issues and other related issues.

Wahied Wahdat-Hagh also contributes to this project.