International Women’s Day at St John’s Church – Notting Hill

For the occasion of International Women’s Day, ILA held a meeting at St John’s Church in Notting Hill on 11 March 2017. Participants enjoyed a range of talks, videos and live music plus the opportunity to see an exhibition of 165 years of women’s struggle for equal rights in Iran. Rana Rahmani was the host […]

Easter & NoRuz at Hammersmith Town Hall

Our NoRuz and Easter event in Hammersmith Town Hall was a success by every standard. The supporters who attended the event were welcomed by Amoo NoRuz (Uncle NoRuz the equivalent of Santa) and volunteers serving in a Persian tea house. Amoo started the program by a happy song followed by the beautiful playing of the […]

Human Rights Conference in Lambeth

The ILA event held in Lambeth on 27 July 2017, moderated by David Harris, was well attended and participants had the opportunity to see the exhibition and talk to Struan Stevenson, former MEP who had come from Edinburgh to address the conference. During the event we also heard from Ibrahim, one of the 36 hostages […]

Social Evening in Bristol

Our event in Bristol was hosted by Geoffrey Sutton who did a splendid job moderating the program. After the event we received the following letter from Bristol:   Dear Friends, Thank you for your magnificent work for justice and peace. Thank you, too, for bringing events to Bristol. We do appreciate your thoughtfulness and time […]

NoRuz Celebration at Hammersmith Town Hall

ILA event at Hammersmith Town Hall on 21 April 2018 was held for the occasion of Easter 2018 and NoRuz 1397. NoRuz is the Persian New Year which starts with spring equinox on 21 March. A lot of volunteer effort was put into preparation and decoration of the event venue to make it as pleasant […]

OUR EVENT IN WATERLOO

This event was for remembrance of the 1988 massacre in Iran when 30,000 prisoners were executed by Khomainy's secret, but extraordinary Fatwa.  Dr Tahar Boumedra, the great friend of Ashrafis who sacrificed his UN career in order to protect his own integrity and the lives of Ashrafis was the keynote speaker who made a passionate […]

Our 13 October Social Event in Oxford

LET’S BE LIKE CHILDREN The keynote speaker at our 13 October social event in Oxford, Mr Lars Rise, was a member of the Norwegian Parliament for many years for the Christian Democratic Party. He is also the Chairman of the Friends of a Free Iran in Norway. Excerpts from his inspiring speech follow: “It’s actually […]

ILA CHRISTMAS EVENT AT HAMMERSMITH

We need to dream a peaceful dream, that all the world should see, the beauty of creation flowing naturally. No greed or destruction, just build, share and grow, from loving kindness our wisdom could know a peaceful dream. By Carol Allen The poem above set the theme of our Christmas event which was filled with […]

Happy Spring in Hammersmith

  In April we celebrated the arrival of spring in Hammersmith Town Hall. The event coincided with Easter and Passover and began with a video of the floods across Iran which, because of mismanagement of the authorities, turned into massive misery and despair for millions of Iranians. After one minute of silence for the victims […]

“HOW LIFE COULD HAVE BEEN SO DIFFERENT FOR ME”

ILA: Our event in North London on 8 June was dedicated to World Day Against Child Labour. The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June 2002 to focus attention on child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it. Unfortunately, this has become a devastating phenomenon […]

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