Mayors for Peace Newsflash for June 2018 is published: Number of Iranian Members cities exceeds 1000
Mayors for Peace Newsflash for June 2018 was published and a section of that is dedicated to the news of total number of Iranian member cities exceeding 1000.
In this news flash it is stated that: " As of June 1, 2018, the number of Iranian member cities reached 1,003.
State of Palestine Joins the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
On 21 June 2018, the state of Palestine became a member state to Chemical Weapons Convention after it deposited its instrument of accession on 17 May 2018 with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
"Children and Peaceful Dreams" Drawing Exhibition
"Children and Peaceful Dreams" is the name of the exhibition by Hadis Early Childhood Education Centre in collaboration with Tehran Peace Museum . In this drawing exhibition, six years old children have depicted their dreams of a peaceful future.
" Children and Peaceful Dreams " is open for visits for all interested ones, especially the children as below:
Time: 21st to 23rd June 2018, 4 to 6 p.m.
Venue: Honar Gallery, Shafagh Cultural Center, Shafagh Park, Farahipour St., Yousefabad, Tehran
Tehran Peace Museum is awarded as the best Private Iranian Museum in Education
The eleventh round of selecting Best Museums of Iran was held in Artists Forum on 21 May 2018 on occasion of International Museums Day and Cultural Heritage Week with the international motto of "Hyper Connected Museums: New Approaches, New Publics".
President of ICOFOM Visits TPM
Mr. François Mairesse, President of ICOFOM (International Committee for Museology of ICOM) and wife visited TPM on 12th May 2018. In this visit which was coordinated by ICOM-Iran, Mr. Mairesse was accompanied by director of ICOM-Iran and got familiar with the history and consequences of the use of chemical weapons against Iran.
TPM Appreciation to Dr. Matthias Jochheim
On Saturday 1 November 2014, a group of Chemical Weapons Victims, Peace Activists, physicians and volunteer members of SCWVS (Society for Chemical Weapons Victims Support) and Tehran Peace Museum, thanked Dr. Matthias Jochheim -German physician who was visiting Iran on vacation with the company of her daughter- in Tehran Peace Museum.
In this program representatives from Tehran Peace Museum, SCWVS, Iranian affiliate of IPPNW (International Physicians to Prevention of Nuclear War), volunteers and CW victims appreciated Dr. Jochheim’s help to provide necessary medications for CW victims; with the dedication of a note of appreciation and a plaque by TPM and CW victims.
To read the short autobiography of Dr. Matthias Jochheim, please click here.
To see the pictures of this event click here.
“The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons” published in New York Times
The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons by C. J. CHIVERS was published in New York Times on October 14th, 2014.
Finding aging chemical weapons which were abandoned for years, exposure of U.S soldiers to these weapons, the medical care for these soldiers and the terrorist groups control on these weapons are discussed in this article.
To read this article, please click here.
Tehran Peace Museum Presents their Oral History Projects at the OPCW Conference: Education for Peace
On 22-23 September, the OPCW held an innovative conference at their headquarters in The Hague titled OPCW Education and Outreach Event: Education for Peace – New Pathways for Securing Chemical Disarmament.
The Tehran Peace Museum, represented by Elizabeth Lewis, delivered a presentation on two of the Tehran Peace Museum’s latest oral history projects.
Message of Tehran Peace Museum for International Peace Day
This year, we commemorate the International Day of Peace while millions of people around the world are suffering from war and violence and its aftermath.
This does not mean that our efforts for peace are in vain and that peace is not achievable, it is indeed achievable and today more than ever we need to promote a culture of peace.
That is why we are gathered here in the Peace Museum on the International Day of Peace, to recall that we all belong to each other, regardless of political boundaries that separate nations from each other.
As the 13th century Iranian poet Saadi said: we are all from one essence.
Let’s think about similarities instead of differences, love instead of hate, forgiveness instead of revenge, dialogue instead of confrontation and peace instead of violence.
Let’s give peace a chance!