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 Tehran peace museum

Tehran peace Museum is a member of the International Network of Museums for Peace. the main objective of the museum is to promote a culture of peace through raising awareness about the devastating consequences of war with focus on health and environmental impacts of Chemical weapons.

 

Currently housed in a building donated by the municipality of Tehran within the historic City Park, the Tehran Peace Museum is as much an interactive peace center as a museum.

 

On June 29, 2007, a memorial for the poison gas victims of the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88), along with a Peace Museum, was completed in a park in Tehran, the capital of Iran. These facilities were established by the Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support (an Iranian NGO), the city of Tehran, some other NGOs, and individuals and groups in Hiroshima.

 

The museum coordinates a peace education program that holds workshops on humanitarian law, disarmament, tolerance, and peace education. At the same time, it hosts conferences on the culture of peace, reconciliation, international humanitarian law, disarmament, and peace advocacy.

 

Additionally, the museum houses a documentary studio that provides a workspace wherein the individual stories of victims of warfare can be captured and archived for the historical record. The museum’s peace library includes a collection of literature spanning topics from international law to the implementation of peace to oral histories of veterans and victims of war.

 

Permanent and rotating peace-related art exhibitions displaying the work of amateur international and Iranian artists and children's drawings are also housed in the museum complex. Finally, the Iranian secretariat for the international organization Mayors for Peace is housed in the Tehran Peace Museum.

Who is who

Dr-soroush

MohammadReza Soroush


Date & Place of Birth: 1968 in Mahalat

Medical Doctor

He has been workng with SCWVS (Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support) since 2008 as CEO and with Tehran Peace Museum as board director.

   He was Director of Janbazan Medical & Engineering Research Center (JMERC) from 2003 to 2018 and since 2019 he is the CEO of the West Nikan Hospital, a general hospital in Tehran

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m.reza-Taghipour

 

MohammadReza Taghipoor Moghadam


Date & Place of Birth: 1967 in Arak

War veteran

since establishment of the Tehran Peace Museum in 2007 he has been working with the TPM as the Executive Manager

Was injured (both legs amputation) in Khoramshahr in 1982

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shahryar-khateri

Shahriar Khateri


Date & Place of Birth: 1970 in Abadan

He is a Medical Toxicologist and co-founder of the Tehran Peace Museum. he worked for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) from 2014 to 2021.

Before joining the OPCW he was Faculty member of Janbazan Medical & Engineering Research Center   (JMERC) and he is currently Head of International Relations of the TPM in adition to his medical work.

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Yamamura

 

Kunuko Yamamura (Babaei)


Date & Place of Birth: 1938 in Japan

Started to work with SCWVS (Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support) since 2005 and with .Tehran Peace Museum since 2008 as the Supervisor of Iran-Japan Cultural Exchange Project. Ms Yamamura passed away in 2022.

Career: Translator/ retired teacher

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Sahar Tafreshi 2Sahar Seyyed Tafreshiha


 Date & Place of Birth: 1991 in Tehran

LLM in International Law

Started to work with Tehran Peace Museum as a volunteer in 2014; since 2019 she is the Head of Public  Relations of the Peace Museum

Career: Legal advisor

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Yalda KhosraviYalda Khosravi


 Date & Place of Birth: 1987 in Tehran

PhD Candidate of Public International Law at ATU

Started to work with Tehran Peace Museum as a volunteer in 2014 in different projects; since 2019 she is the Head of Education Department

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meysam-taghi-pour

Meysam Taghipoor


Date & Place of Birth: 1984 in Arak

B.A. in Cellular & Molecular Biology

Started to work with SCWVS (Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support) and Tehran Peace Museum since 2008 as a member of board and head of the documentary Unit of Tehran Peace Museum

Career: Researcher & Journalist

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mr-hasani

Hasan Hasani Sadi


Date & Place of Birth: 1965 in Kerman

Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

Started to work with SCWVS (Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support) since 2005 and with Tehran Peace Museum since 2008, as the Head of volunteer guides Dpt. . Was exposed to Mustard gas twice (in 1984 & 1985) in southern front of Iran-Iraq border Very sever lung (Lung transplant candidate) & eye (Corneal graft) lesions

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zangi-abadi

 

Ahmad Zangiabadi


Date & Place of Birth: 1965 in Kerman

Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

Started to work with Tehran Peace Museum since 2007 as volunteer guide

Was exposed to Mustard gas in southern front of Iran-Iraq border in 1984

Very sever lung & eye lesions

Mr. Ahmad Zangiabadi, CW victim and volunteer member of  theTehran Peace Museum and SCWVS, died of respiratory collapse on Tuesday 18 November 2014 in a hospital in Tehran.

yazdan-panah

 

Alireza Yazdanpanah


Date & Place of Birth: 1971 in Mashad

Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

Started to work with Tehran Peace Museum since 2008 as a volunteer guide

Was exposed to Mustard gas in Khoramshahr in 1987

Very sever lung & eye lesions (Lung transplant candidate)

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mr-Hashemi

 

Gholam Hashemi


Date & Place of Birth: 1954 in Avaj

Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

Started to work with Tehran Peace Museum since 2006 as a volunteer guide

Was exposed to Mustard gas twice (in 1984 & 1986) in southern front of Iran-Iraq border

 .  Very sever lung lesion. Mr Hashemi passed away due to his sulfur mustard induced lung injuries in 2020

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Salimi

 

Ahmad Salimi


Date & Place of Birth: 1972 in Karaj

Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

Started to work with Tehran Peace Museum since 2006 as a volunteer guide

Was exposed to Mustard gas in Biareh, Iraq (Public Section of Halabja) in 1988

Very sever lung, eye (Corneal graft) & skin lesions

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Salehi

Hamid Salehi


Date & Place of Birth: 1967 in Arak

Ph.D. in Political Sciences

Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

Started to work with SCWVS (Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support) since 2005 and with Tehran Peace Museum as a member of board and volunteer guide since 2008

Career: Assistant Professor in School of Political sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University

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Other members of Volunteer Guides Dpt.:


   Mr.Behrooz Abasi, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.AliAkbar Alafzadeh, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.AliAkbar Fazli, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.MohamadAli Karamoozian, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.Majid Malekzadeh, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.Asadollah Mohammadi, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Dr.MohamadJavad Nakhaei, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.Keramatolah Nazari, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.Abdolah Nourani, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.Ebrahim Saadatfar, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

   Mr.MohamadHosein Shegarf Nakhaei, Survivor of chemical warfare / war veteran

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