From August 3 to 8, a delegation of the Tehran Peace Museum and Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (SCWVS) from Iran visited Hiroshima and met with President Matsui, Mayor of Hiroshima on August 7. The Tehran Peace Museum, founded by the SCWVS, conducted an active campaign to invite Iranian mayors to join Mayors for Peace and successfully achieved a 270 city increase of the number of member cities in Iran in the past one-year period.

The 8th issue of the INMP (International Network of Museums for Peace) Newsletter is published and is now available on the following link.
In this issue of the newsletter, you can find reports and news from the peace museums around the world as well as useful information about the new peace related publications.
Half of the one of the pages of this issue of the newsletter (page 8) is allocated to the news from Tehran Peace Museum.

To read the newsletter click here.

The fourth workshop on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was held in Tehran Peace Museum on 12 August 2014 in collaboration with National Committee of International Humanitarian Law (NCIHL) on the occasion of 65th anniversary of ratification of Geneva conventions.

More than 30 students of different courses including international law participated in this workshop in which several subjects including Red Cross and Red Crescent movement, principles of IHL, cyber wars and IHL, health care in danger and chemical weapons convention were discussed. ​​

To see the photos of the event click here.

On 69th anniversary  of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6th, the Peace Memorial Ceremony  was held in Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima. Hundreds  of people from all around the world participated in this ceremony to console the victims of the atomic bombs and to pray for the realization of lasting world peace.

20 Iranian victims of chemical weapons and Iranian Artists from Tehran Peace Museum attended this ceremony. Iran – Japan Peace and Friendship film festival was held in Hiroshima on this occasion.

To read Hiroshima Peace Declaration, please click here.

Following the Esfarayan's membership in Mayors for Peace Organization and on the occasion of Atomic Bombing in Hiroshima, a Peace and Friendship drawing competition was held in Esfarayen, Iran. “This competition which was held with the message of Peace and Friendship for all people around the world, expresses our sympathy for the people of Hiroshima on the occasion of 6 of August”, said Cultural Advisor of Esfarayen Municipality.
All the participants received gifts from City Council

The Tehran Peace Museum has launched the Oral History of Chemical Warfare Survivors.

This oral history project began at the start of this year by interviewing civilian and military survivors exposed to gas attacks during the Iran-Iraq War of 1980-1988.

We invite you to read the harrowing experiences of chemical weapons survivors and how they courageously overcame their difficulties to survive – against all odds - to this day.

27 years ago on 28th of June, 1987, Sardasht, an Iranian town was targeted by Mustard gas bombs by Iraqi forces. Many were killed immediately and thousands of survivors still suffer from long term health effects and disabling illnesses.

Below you can find more details about the gas attack, the life of survivors and recently issued statements by international figures:

- Details of gas attack by Professor. Forutan, Shahid Beheshti University

- Statement by Director-General of the OPCW

- Message of Mayor of Hiroshima

- Eyewitness account: story of Faride Shafe'i.

On the occasion of the "United Nations Public Service Day " the fourth workshop on "Finding UN Information and Documentation" was held in TPM on June 23, 2014.

During this one day workshop, which took place in collaboration with the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran, 24 students of different majors learned to retrieve UN information and documentation and it's data-searching methods through UN databases.

Furthermore, the United Nations structure, Secretaries-General, Member States, financial and budgetary subjects and UN Offices in Iran were introduced to the participants.

To see the photos of this event, please click here.

"Child, Peace, Nature" is the title of an exhibition of Iranian Children’s Drawings in Tehran’s Arasbaran cultural center, as collaboration between Tehran Peace Museum and Hadis Pre-school center.

In this exhibition which is the 5th joint program of Hadis Pre-school center and Tehran Peace Museum, drawings of children (4-12 years) are displayed.

the exhibition is open for all interested visitors on 18-19 June from 10 am to 6 pm.

To see the photos of this event, please click here.

2: Kyoto Museum for Peace, Ritsumeikan University

Ritsumeikan University which was founded in 1869 is one of the four leading private universities in Western Japan and has many exchange programs with different universities around the world. After World War II, Ritsumeikan adopted the educational philosophy of peace and democracy, faithful to the spirit of the Japanese Constitution and the Education Fundamental Law.

The third workshop on "Finding UN Information and Documentations" was held in TPM on May 28, 2014 on the occasion of "International Day of UN Peacekeepers" on May, 29th.

In this workshop which was held with collaboration with United Nations Information Center in Tehran, more than 25 students participated. following the reading of the UN secretary General's message for the "International Day of UN Peacekeepers" and a video clip regarding the UN peace keepers, different courses such as using UN website and finding information and documentations in that was discussed.

To see the photos of this event, please click here.

International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP) has granted Consultative Status of Economical and Social Council of the UN on May 2014. Consultative Status enables an organization to engage with ECOSOC and its subsidiary bodies, as well as with UN Secretariat and allows the representatives of these organizations to participate in events and conferences and render their consultative opinions.

INMP is non-profit organization including more than 40 museums for peace which works to promote a culture of peace through raising awareness about the catastrophic consequences of war and violence and its harmful effects on human and environment.

Tehran Peace Museum is an active member of the INMP. 

In a ceremony held at Tehran Peace Museum, a UN plaque was presented to TPM by Mr. Gary Lewis, the UN resident coordinator in Iran in recognition and appreciation of the UN for Museum's effort in promoting the culture of peace and raising awareness about war. Representatives of international organizations, government officials and TPM's volunteers were among participants. Tehran Peace Museum is an NGO which tries to promote a culture of peace through raising awareness and showing consequences of war and violence.

Below is the inscription of this Plaque:

"Presented to The Tehran Peace Museum By Mr. Gary Lewis, UN resident Coordinator in Iran. In recognition of Museum's contribution to promoting understanding and partnerships in the search for peace. On the occasion of the UN Day of Remembrance for Victims of Chemical Warfare 29 April 2014" 

A memorial ceremony on the “Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare” was held at Tehran Peace Museum on 29 April 2014.

In the event which was organized by the Peace Museum, the Society for victims of Chemical weapons –SCWVS- and the UN information Center –UNIC- , many people including representatives of International organizations, Ambassadors and diplomats, survivors of chemical warfare and their families and several activists and NGO members attended.

To see photos of the event click here.

Two Iranian Children Received Certificate/Awards of Distinction and Honor from the 28th Children Peace Drawing Competition of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Hida Bahmani (13 years old) winner of the Distinction Hiroshima Mayor's prize and Zahra Parhizgar  (7 years old) winner of award of honor received their awards from the head of the MOCT Association from Hiroshima, Ms Shizuko Tsuya on 28 of April, 2014 in a ceremony held in Tehran Peace Museum.

over 4800 students from around the world participated in this competition."

To see the photos of this event, please click here.

Anti War Posters Exhibition

By: bahnaz Nikkhah Monfared

29 April - 14 may 2014

Tehran peace Museum

Opening: 29 April 2014, 11 am

on the Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

The ​observance on "Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare" would be held by Tehran Peace Museum and United Nations Information Center in Tehran on Tuesday , April 29 from 11 a.m. to 12:30. The message of "United Nations" Secretary General and "Organization For the Prohibition Of Chemical Weapon " Director- General would be read in this ceremony.

According to the decision of Conference of State Parties of the OPCW and the UN General Assembly Resolution, a memorial Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare would be observed on 29 April each year. This Ceremony is as an opportunity to pay tribute to victims of Chemical Weapons.

​For more information about this day, please click here. ​

On 5 April 2014, the International Convoy of Peace for Syria kicked off their humanitarian and peace journey to Syria at the Tehran Peace Museum.  The convoy consists of a group of 14 peace activist from a number of countries including Mairead Maguire, the Nobel peace prize laureate, David Smith, a priest from Australia, Sheik Ali Ahmad, a Syrian spiritual leader and Sam Eskandar, the Lebanese peace campaigner.

During their visit to the museum, the convoy had the opportunity to talk to NGO activists in Iran, as well as war veterans and chemical weapons survivors, Iranian artists and volunteers at the museum.  The convoy left for Syria on Wednesday April 9^th, and will take aid and medicine for the war affected people of Syria.

To see the photos of this event, please click here.

On 31 March 2014, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. Gary Lewis, received an e-Petition from Iranian media celebrities and representatives of the Tehran Peace Museum at the UN Common Premises in Tehran.

 The event was organized so that the e-Petition signed by over 1.500.000 Iranians in support of the release of the abducted border guards can be conveyed, ultimately, to UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon.

“On an occasion as important as this, where over 1.5 million Iranians have combined to give us their voices through their computer screens and by SMS, I am honoured to witness this solidarity that has been displayed by the Iranian people in support of the abducted border guards. I promise to deliver the e-Petition to UN Headquarters in New York and – like all Iranians – the UN hopes for a peaceful and successful outcome to the process underway to secure the border guards’ release.” said Mr Gary Lewis of the UN.

Full report of the  meeting is available here on the UN website.

The 7^th issue of the INMP (International Network of Museums for Peace) Newsletter is published and is now available on the following link.

In this issue of the newsletter, you can find reports and news from the peace museums around the world as well as useful information about the 8^th international conference of museums for peace which will be held in South Korea in September 2014.

One full page of this issue of the newsletter is allocated to the news from Tehran Peace Museum. To read the newsletter click here