| Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF) | |
| Native Name: | مؤسسه حیات وحش میراث پارسیان |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Formation: | 2008 |
| Vat Id: | (for European organizations) --> |
| Purpose: | conservation |
| Location: | Iran |
| Owners: | --> |
The Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation (PWHF; Persian: مؤسسه حیات وحش میراث پارسیان) is an Iranian conservationist organization which studies and protects the endangered asiatic cheetah.[1] Iranian-American businessman Morad Tahbaz is a co-founder of group.[2] In January 2018, Iranian authorities arrested Tahbaz along with eight other PWHF-affiliated individuals, including Niloufar Bayani.[3] [4] Another member of the group, Kavous Seyed-Emami, an Iranian-Canadian academic and conservationist, died while in detention.[5]
A group of environmentalists founded PWHF in 2008 to address concern over the dwindling number of asiatic cheetahs.[1] PWHF operated with the permission of the Iranian government and worked closely with Iran's Department of Environment.[6]