Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation

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]

Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF)
‎مؤسسه حیات وحش میراث پارسیان‎
Formation2008
Purposeconservation
Location
Websitepersianwildlife.org

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.[5]

See also

Niloufar Bayani

Human rights in Iran

References
  1. "They wanted to save endangered cheetahs in Iran. Their work landed them in jail". PRI. 4 September 2019.
  2. "Environmental Scientists Being Detained In Iran and Accused of Spying". Committee of Concerned Scientists. October 18, 2018.
  3. "Environmentalists Detained in Crackdown Denied Legal Counsel Amid Claims Some Were 'Jewish Spies'". Center for Human Rights in Iran. March 5, 2018.
  4. "Another American Confirmed Held in Iran". The Wall Street Journal. February 12, 2018.
  5. "Jailed researchers trying to protect threatened cheetahs in Iran await verdict". National Geographic. 15 March 2019.
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