Press Releases

June 9, 2023

PaykanArtCar Teams Up With Masih Alinejad and Simin Keramati to Launch Astonishing New Iranian Women’s Rights Artwork at Oslo Freedom Forum

November 28, 2022

MEPs Call for Action to Protect Iranian Protesters while PaykanArtCar Issues Open Letter to Von Der Leyen

(Brussels, Belgium) — MEPs have urged the European Union to provide more support toIranian protestors as part of a panel event organised yesterday by the European Parliamentin collaboration with human rights organisation, PaykanArtCar, which has also issued an openletter to Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, to… Read More

November 28, 2022

Final Reminder: Bruno Scholl & MEPs discussing Iranian Women’s Rights Protest Tomorrow (8/11) at the European Parliament

(Brussels, Belgium) — PaykanArtCar, a non-profit organisation collaborating with Iranianartists to advocate for human rights issues, in collaboration with the European Parliament,will host a panel event tomorrow November 8, 2022. Journalists are invited to join in personor remotely. Read More

June 28, 2022

ICYMI: PaykanArtCar Receives the Havel Prize for Creative Dissent at the 2022 Oslo Freedom Forum

In case you missed it (ICYMI): PaykanArtCar’s receipt of the Human Rights Foundation’s 2022 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent at the Oslo Freedom Forum has been covered by CNN International, The Washington Post and Bloomberg. Read More

May 9, 2022

The PaykanArtCar Will Be on Display at the Magasins Généraux for the Utopi.e Exhibition

(Washington, D.C.) — PaykanArtCar – a non-profit organization collaborating with artists to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and human rights in Iran – will be exhibiting its 1974 Paykan Hillman Hunter at the ‘Utopi.e’ exhibition in Paris. The PaykanArtCar will be on display from the 17th… Read More

May 3, 2022

PaykanArtCar Wins the 2022 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent

(Washington, D.C.) — PaykanArtCar has won the Human Rights Foundation’s 2022 Václav Havel International Prize for Creative Dissent. As one of three Havel Prize Laureates, the PaykanArtCar will be on exhibition at the Oslo Freedom Forum May 23-25. The Oslo Freedom Forum is a global gathering… Read More

April 12, 2022

PaykanArtCar Strongly Condemns Iran’s Proposed Internet Bill for its Surveillance and Censorship of LGBTQ+ People

(Washington, D.C.) — PaykanArtCar, a non-profit organization collaborating with artists to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and human rights in Iran, strongly urges the international community to call on Iran to rescind its proposed internet protection bill. The legislation will enhance state surveillance, quash freedom of expression and deprive the… Read More

March 7, 2022

The PaykanArtCar will be exhibited at the Salon Richmond in Montréal from March 10 to 12

(Montréal, Québec) — The PaykanArtCar will be exhibited in Montréal at the Salon Richmond for three days, from March 10 to 12. PaykanArtCar is a non-profit, non-partizan organization which unites the talents of contemporary Iranian artists with a symbol of Iranian pride, the Paykan automobile, to advocate for human rights… Read More

March 7, 2022

La PaykanArtCar sera exposée au Salon Richmond à Montréal du 10 au 12 mars

(Montréal, Québec) — La PaykanArtCar sera exposée à Montréal, au Salon Richmond, durant trois jours, du 10 au 12 mars. PaykanArtCar est une organisation non partisane et à but non lucratif qui réunit les talents d’artistes contemporains iraniens avec un emblème de la fierté iranienne – la voiture Paykan –… Read More

March 1, 2022

PaykanArtCar Expresses Its Anger Towards Iran’s Supreme Leader’s Comments On The LGBTQ+ Community

PaykanArtCar expresses its outrage and consternation at Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s latest diatribe against the LGBTQ+ community. In a televized address to the Iranian people, Ali Khamenei – Iran’s supreme leader since 1989 – described homosexuality as a widespread symbol of moral deprivation and the… Read More