American Iranian Council (http://www.american-iranian.org)
Founded in 1997 and located in Princeton, NJ, the AIC's site provides reports
and documents to promote US-Iranian dialog, understanding and cooperation.
Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org)
‘Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to
promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights and other international standards.' The English language homepage
provides articles on human rights questions and abuses in countries around the
globe.
Armenian Iranians' Web Site (http://www.arir.org)
English and Farsi language site dedicated to news of the influential Armenian
community of Iran; news reports and links are provided.
Association of Iranian Women (http://www.aiwusa.org/)
A United States based organization dedicated to the examination and betterment
of the situation of Iranian women, the AIW's webpage provides basic information,
articles, briefs, and publications in accordance with its mission.
Assyrian International News Agency (http://www.aina.org)
English language site providing news reports concerning the Assyrian minority
in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History (http://www.cijoh.org)
Established in 1995 in Los Angeles, ‘the Center is a California non-profit
organization created to gather information and interview people knowledgeable
in the fields of Iranian Jewish history, culture, science, literature, social
life, politics, art, and economics.' The web site offers reports, publications,
and descriptions of past and future projects relating to history of the Jewish
community of Iran.
Encyclopedia.com (http://www.encyclopedia.com)
From the Electronic Library, searching the Encyclopedia.com by country provides
numerous narrative articles on its history, culture, politics.
Ethnologue (http://www.ethnologue.com/web.asp)
Contains entire text of original printed volumes (except language maps).
Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
‘Human Rights Watch is an independent, nongovernmental organization, supported
by contributions from private individuals and foundations worldwide.' Search
its records for reports on the human rights records, abuses, etc. of any given
country.
International Committee of the Red Cross (http://www.icrc.org/eng)
A search of this English language version of the ICRC site provides reports on
the current humanitarian initiatives of this organization in any given country.
International Monetary Fund (http://www.imf.org/)
The IMF is an ‘organization of 183 member countries, established to promote
international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange;
to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary
financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.' A
search by country will yield reports on the IMF's initiatives and programs
in it.
Iranian Christians International (http://www.farsinet.com/ici/)
English language site of ICI which reports on and describes its activities in
ministering to Iranian and Afghan expatriates.
Iranian Human Rights Working Group (http://www.ihrwg.org)
‘An Internet-based community of individuals committed to campaigning for
the improvement of human rights in Iran. The group has no political agenda, and
makes no judgment on the legitimacy of the authorities in dealing with them,
nor does it take the religious or political beliefs or personal attributes of
individuals into consideration when it defends their human rights.' Based
in the United States, the site offers English language reports on topics concerning
human rights in Iran.
Open
Directory Portal Page on Islam (http://dmoz.org/Society/Religion%5Fand%5FSpirituality/Islam/Quran/)
The Open Directory Projects portal page on Islam offers hundreds of citations
on various aspects of Islam as practiced around the globe, as well as sites which
contain the complete Arabic and English texts of the Koran.
Persian Watch Center (http://antidiscrimination.org/open.htm)
‘Persian Watch Center' (PWC), previously ‘Persian Watch Cat' is
a merger of ‘American Iranian Anti-Discrimination Center,' ‘Persian
Watch Cat', funded in 1997 by Dr. Mollabashy. PWC is a grass-root, NON-political
civil liberties organization, run by professionals, not politicians. The goal
of PWC is to help Iranians in the US and Iranian Americans.'
Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) (http://www.sci.or.ir/inf.htm)
This English language site of the Statistical Center of Iran, published in the
Islamic Republic of Iran, furnishes not only the latest Statistical Yearbook
of Iran but also general information about that country as well as additional
related links.
Student Movement Coordination Committee for
Democracy in Iran (http://www.daneshjoo.org)
This site offers Farsi and English versions of articles, information about this
student movement, and its mission dedicated to the reform and democratization
of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
U.S. Committee for Refugees (http://www.refugees.org/index.cfm)
Founded in 1958 to complement the UN's initiative to aid refugees, the
USCR's site offers brief and detailed reports on refugee status in and
from the various countries of the world.
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