World Refugee Day: Empathy for the Victims of This Phenomenon

In the Name of God,

Greetings and Blessings,

I commemorate the World “Refugee” Day and their dignity as a refugee and one of the people who have been victims of human rights violations by a lifelong dictatorship, a single-party and authoritarian regime, and had no choice but to flee his homeland to save one’s life, and by accepting the dangers of escaping illegally across the country’s borders, I have not succumbed to the humiliation of enduring a predatory, despotic and tyrannical regime, and I have joined the refugee community. On this day, I take this opportunity to express my empathy with all the refugees in the world and wish them patience and perseverance in the struggle against oppression, social injustices, violators of human rights, and all the factors and causes of this ominous phenomenon.

It should be noted that asylum-seeking is one of the consequences of human rights violations, war, and human rights manipulation, as in order to achieve their own interests and power, some groups deprive a large number of human beings of their right to live in their homeland and force them to become displaced asylum seekers in other countries.

• In this regard, I express my utmost gratitude and appreciation to all institutions, international and human rights organizations, Amnesty International, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, respected officials of the Canadian government, individuals and people in various situations, family, and… who helped and assisted me in every possible way in my asylum process and settlement in Toronto, Canada, and in saving my life from the hands of demons and enemies of humanity. Some of these circles and individuals are:
  • Secretary-General of the United Nations:

• Mr. Ban Ki-moon, by 2016
  Mr. António Guterres, since 2017

  • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:

  Ms. Navi Pillay, by 2014
  Mr. Zaid Ra’ad al-Hussein, from 2014 to 2018
  Ms. Michelle Bachelet, since 2018

  • UN Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran:

  Mr. Ahmed Shaheed, from 2011 to 2016
  The late Ms. Asma Jahangir, from 2016 to 2018
  Mr. Javaid Rehman, since 2018

  • Amnesty International
  • The European Union Parliament
  • The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: 

  Ms. Gayle Manchin (who adopted me as a prisoner)
  Mr. Scott Weiner 

  • The Canadian Government and Officials

  …
  Also:

  • The USCIRF report on the asylum case of Mohammad Ali Taheri (English)
  • https://www.uscirf.gov/news-room/releases-statements/uscirf-religious-prisoner-conscience-mr-mohammed-ali-taheri-granted
  • The page for Mohammad Ali Taheri’s case at USCIRF (English)
  • https://www.uscirf.gov/religious-prisoners-conscience/released-rpocs/mohammad-ali-taheri
  • International Religious Freedom Tweets about Mohammad Ali Taheri’s asylum case (English)
  • Amnesty International’s report on successful cases, including Mohammad Ali Taheri’s and his having been reunited with his family in Canada (English):
  • https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/impact/2020/12/41-human-rights-wins-to-celebrate-right-now/
  • The report from Amnesty International Thailand on successful cases and Mohammad Ali Taheri’s reunion with his family in Canada (English):
  • https://www.amnesty.or.th/en/latest/news/809/
  • VOA report on Mohammad Ali Taheri’s asylum (Persian):
  • https://ir.voanews.com/a/canada-us-asylum-taheri/5376478.html

  Mohammad Ali Taheri
  The Founder of Erfan Keyhani Halgheh School & Taheri Peace Organization
  Toronto, June 20, 2025 / Khordad 30, 1404