The huge death tolls in Iran being splashed all over the media are sourced to an outfit in Fairfax, VA called “Human Rights Activists in Iran” that is overwhelmingly funded by the US government. What is their methodology? Is it credible? Who cares? Just pump the big numbers out.
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) received $315 million in FY2025, and GOP appropriators just released their FY2026 spending bill – NED will again receive $315 million. This “Human Rights Activists in Iran” outfit, based in Northern Virginia, says it’s an NED grantee.
It doesn’t have HRANA listed as a recipient and this was released on 8/12/25 meaning the 2024-2025 will be released around Late summer of 2026, so is there any evidence that the document posted above is real?
Maybe, they change the names(?) because the one that I have referenced before does exist. You can find it in page 251-252
Also, in their website(https://www.hra-iran.org/introduction/), there are references to the NED:
This leads me to believe that they might have hidden that document that was available before.
Thats a different nonprofit I believe, I think I might have found the right document, Its the 990 for HRANA not the NED.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/800841029/202512779349300201/full
I still cannot find the connection to the NED via their 990 however so I am very curious where that bottom left image came from
Good catch. As for the website(https://www.hra-iran.org/introduction/), isn’t that HRANA? If it is, then in their website there is a reference to the NED. The connection is there but the 990 form is not available(I speculate that it was intentionally hidden).
No yes that does belong to HRANA and the connection is listed there but im saying I cannot find that bottom left image of NED involvement with HRANA specifically as the 48th recipient of a grant over 5k. Im just wondering if anyone is able to find where that comes from so I can use it as a resource in the future
I will stay on the lookout for that document. Maybe, I can find it later on and I will ping you here if I do find it.
Meanwhile, maybe, the other organization that is listed in 990 Form(Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran) and the reference in the HRANA website can help you in the meantime as a resource.