TSF Team Members

Mission Advisor 

Afshin Sepehri is an executive for the largest IT services company in the world. He has worked for many global companies such as GE, British Telecom, HP, EDS, and Genpact before joining his current firm. 

After murder of Mahsa Jhina Amini and months of protests in the DC area, he decided to take a meaningful step to make an impact for the Iranian community aspiring to unite Iranians. He brought his organizational skills, strategic planning and team leadership experience to form a nonprofit organization named Toomaj Salehi Foundation to honor this son of Iran. 

Afshin lives in the Washington DC area. 

Advocacy - New York

Dr. MPour, a neuro-oncologist, nurtures a vision for a liberated Iran. Born and raised in Iran, her journey commenced in childhood, ignited by the imposition of the hijab and fueled by a fervor for human and women's rights. Over time, her perception of injustice expanded within a dictatorship-led nation.

Her passion is rescuing Iran and its people from the grasp of the IR regime, which has inflicted destruction across various facets, including the environment and human rights, in addition to discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, or political beliefs, gender apartheid, violation of animal rights, social and medical disparities, and global terrorism export.

She dreams of a cohesive Iran, picturing a shared awakening reminiscent of the solidarity observed during the Woman, Life, Freedom movement. Driven by the hope that incremental steps toward unity will synchronize among her compatriots, she aspires to see Iranians focus on transforming into the phoenix reflected in the mirror of self-awareness, guided by the diverse wisdom of professionals.

In the end, she aspires to introduce clinical trials for cancer cure in a free, secular, and democratic Iran in the near future. 

کل طلب، کل باش، کل شو ،کل گزین"

Community Advisor - London

Sara is a British-Iranian business woman with a diverse background in both nursing and graphic design. Sara is passionate about human rights and as a result she became an activist during the Mahsa Jhina movement to advocate for justice and change in Iran. With a personal connection to political struggles—rooted in her family's opposition to the regime. 

Sara brings a unique blend of empathy, creativity, and activism to her work, striving to make a meaningful impact in social justice and strengthening our community. 

 Community Advisor - Toronto

Sahar is a Canadian-Iranian with extensive background in Commercial Management for global FMCG companies in the Middle East, Europe & North America. Sahar’s main concerns are social justice and human rights. Born & raised in Iran, she faced many challenges as a young woman living in Iran and a result of her experience she firmly stands with people who face injustice. 

Sahar had to migrate to Canada but has never forgotten people of Iran, especially young girls & women who are oppressed by IR.

Toomaj Salehi & his bravery impressed Sahar to the level that she became a social activist to support him & other political prisoners.

Shilan Mirzaei is a human rights and political activist with over a decade of experience in advocating for the rights of marginalized groups, especially women and political prisoners in Iran. Born and raised in Iran, she became deeply involved in activism from an early age, focusing on issues of freedom, democracy, and social justice. Her work primarily involves raising awareness about human rights abuses, both through independent channels and media outlets, and advocating for the release of political prisoners and the protection of ethnic minorities.

Community

Azmat Azhdari lives in London and is one of the families of the Ukrainian plane plaintiff who lost his sister Ghanimat in the shooting of flight PS752 in January 2020.

Ghanimet was an environmental activist and PhD student in Canada who traveled to Iran to visit his family and never returned. From that day Azmat Azhdari joined the petitioners to bring the murderers of Ghanimat and other innocents who were killed by the Islamic Republic to the court so that justice would be served by punishing them.