Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation
مؤسسه حیات وحش میراث پارسیان | |
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| Formation | 2008 |
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| Purpose | conservation |
| Location | |
| Website | persianwildlife |
The Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF; Persian: مؤسسه حیات وحش میراث پارسیان) is an Iranian conservationist organization which studies and protects the endangered asiatic cheetah.[1] Iranian-American businessman Morad Tahbaz is a co-founder of group.[2] In January 2018, Iranian authorities arrested Tahbaz along with eight other PWHF-affiliated individuals, including Niloufar Bayani.[3][4] Another member of the group, Kavous Seyed-Emami, an Iranian-Canadian academic and conservationist, died while in detention.[5]
A group of environmentalists founded PWHF in 2008 to address concern over the dwindling number of asiatic cheetahs.[1] PWHF operated with the permission of the Iranian government and worked closely with Iran's Department of Environment.[6]
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- ^ a b "They wanted to save endangered cheetahs in Iran. Their work landed them in jail". PRI. 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Environmental Scientists Being Detained In Iran and Accused of Spying". Committee of Concerned Scientists. October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Environmentalists Detained in Crackdown Denied Legal Counsel Amid Claims Some Were 'Jewish Spies'". Center for Human Rights in Iran. March 5, 2018.
- ^ "Another American Confirmed Held in Iran". The Wall Street Journal. February 12, 2018.
- ^ "Iran environmentalist's death 'suicide'". BBC News. February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict". National Geographic. 15 March 2019. Archived from the original on March 18, 2019.