Below is an email exchange with the Financial Times.

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From: IHRC Media 
Sent: 02 June 2026 
To: Robert Wright 

It appears you believe that, in the course of your work, you’re entitled to make serious and damaging allegations without evidence, yet regard any robust response from the subject of those salacious allegations as a problem of “tone.”

You approached us with assertions that were sensational and unsupported by evidence. We responded honestly and directly. Given the nature of your inquiry, it is somewhat amusing that you now appear aggrieved by the “tone” of the response you received.

We don’t think it’s unreasonable to respond candidly and directly when asked to comment on unevidenced and sensational assertions. 

As a matter of policy, IHRC publishes all media correspondence in full to ensure an accurate public record of exchanges, particularly when our comments are misquoted or omitted entirely.

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From: Robert Wright 
Sent: 01 June 2026 
To: IHRC Media 

I’m sorry you’re taking this tone in response to a straightforward inquiry seeking comment.

How can I contact the IHRC charity? We’re keen to be as fair as possible.

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From: Islamic Human Rights Commission
Sent: 01 June 2026
To: Robert Wright  

Dear Mr Wright

Please note you have come through to IHRC Ltd, a not-for-profit company, not IHRC Trust, the charity.

You are not the first journalist to make insinuations about links to Iran without providing any evidence. Given current world events, we appreciate the need felt by sections of the British media to engage in hysterical propaganda in order to deflect attention from the systemic war crimes of Britain’s allies in the Middle East. Raising the [unevidenced] spectre of an Iranian linked fifth column within the UK no doubt serves that purpose.

However, these unevidenced insinuations are becoming tiresome. We therefore leave you with links to our previous responses to similarly asinine claims:

As a matter of policy, IHRC publishes all media correspondence in full to ensure an accurate public record of exchanges, particularly when our comments are misquoted or omitted entirely.

Regards

Media
IHRC

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From: Robert Wright 
Sent: 29 May 2026
To: Islamic Human Rights Commission

Dear IHRC,

I am a reporter from the Financial Times.

I am working on a story about charities under investigation by the Charity Commission that are closely linked to Iran and have been accused of engaging in activities that promote extremism, terrorism and hate speech.

In your case, I note that the Charity Commission in October began a statutory inquiry, focused on your funding of a non-charitable company.

There have also been general complaints that your director has praised the Iranian regime and endorsed the fatwa against Salman Rushdie. There have been accusations that your organisation is part of an Iranian “soft power” network in the UK.

What is your response to these points? Is it appropriate, in your view, for a group so closely associated with Iran’s hostile government to hold charitable status in the UK?

I look forward to hearing from you. I am preparing this story today, Friday, May 29, and need to hear from you by 4pm today.
Robert Wright,
Newsroom Reporter,
Financial Times.