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

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