The PaykanArtCar is a nonprofit, non-partisan organization that unites the talents of contemporary Iranian artists with a beloved symbol of national pride—the Paykan automobile—to advocate for the restoration of human rights and dignity for all in Iran no matter their race, religion, gender or their sexual orientation.

We are privileged to have acquired an historic 1974 Paykan Hillman Hunter limousine, a gift by the Shah of Iran to the authoritarian Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu. Periodically, PaykanArtCar will commission an exceptional Iranian artist to use this historic Paykan as their canvas to highlight the struggle for human dignity and human rights in Iran.