We Call for the Release of Shayan Hooshyar and Support the Discourse of Coexistence and Peace
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We, a group of civil society activists, academics, journalists, cultural figures, and citizens committed to freedom and justice, express our deep concern over the arrest of Shayan Hooshyar, an Azerbaijani Turkish researcher and peace activist, and call for his immediate and unconditional release.
On Tuesday, 14 October 2025 (22 Mehr 1404), security forces in Urmia detained Shayan Hooshyar, an Azerbaijani researcher and PhD candidate in Iranian History at the Islamic Azad University, Tehran branch.
Shayan Hooshyar is a thoughtful scholar and advocate of dialogue among Iran’s ethnic minorities. In his writings and interviews, he consistently emphasizes justice, dialogue, and pluralistic democracy. He regards ethnic, religious, linguistic, and cultural diversity not as a threat but as an opportunity for equitable human and social coexistence. In his vision, Iran is a multi-ethnic society that can achieve sustainable peace and justice only through the recognition and acceptance of diversity.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has chosen to detain peace-seeking, freedom-minded, and justice-oriented activists like Shayan Hooshyar, rather than holding accountable those who spread hatred and extremism. These groups, driven by denial and exclusion, rely on hostility and violence to assert their views. Such a policy not only violates humanitarian principles and citizens’ rights, but also stands in clear contradiction to Iran’s international commitments to freedom of thought and expression.
We, the undersigned, firmly support Shayan Hooshyar’s human-centered and democratic discourse and declare that:
- We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Shayan Hooshyar.
- We urge all civil society institutions, human rights organizations, and advocates of freedom to take action to ensure his safety and secure his release.
We reaffirm the necessity of upholding the discourse of justice, peace, equality, and the recognition of differences as fundamental principles of any democratic society.
Shayan Hooshyar represents the voice of coexistence, peace, and humanity. That voice must not be silenced.
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