Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee Arrested by Security Forces

ILA: Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee International Liberty Association: Civil rights activist Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee was re-arrested by Iran security forces in her Tehran home, on Saturday 9 November. Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, former prisoner, is the wife of Arash Sadegh, political prisoner who has got cancer inside the prison. According to ILA... Read More

Amnesty International: World must condemn appalling deterioration of human rights in Iran

Human Rights Council- ILA International Liberty Association reports that, Amnesty International has urges states taking part in Iran’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) to denounce the widespread human rights violations and make concrete recommendations for the Iranian authorities to address them. Amnesty international issued a statement... Read More

An open letter from Imprisoned Prisoner of Conscience, Naser Navard-Goltapeh

Naser Navard-Goltapeh, Christian convert prisoner of conscience, who has been imprisoned since 2017, on charges of “acting against national security by holding house churches”, has written an open letter referring to the Articles number 13 and 26 of the Constitution of the Iran in which Christianity is recognized. According to... Read More

The Independent: Iran executed seven children last year, says UN as 90 remain on death row

The bottom line is that she was a juvenile at the time the offence was committed’ UN chief says of latest execution Thursday 24 October 2019 - Iran has executed at least 12 child offenders since the start of 2018 while at least 90 are currently sitting on death row awaiting their punishment, the United Nations has heard.... Read More

Iran Executed Two Prisoners on Death Row

Iranian authorities executed a prisoner on Thursday, 31 October in public in the city of Arak, southwest of the capital Tehran. The report did not mention the prisoners’ name but said he had been sentenced to death for killing a security agent. On the same day another prisoner was hanged in the Central Prison of Rasht. The prisoner... Read More

Iran Continues to Prevent Prisoner’s Transfer to Hospital

Prison authorities continue to refuse to allow political prisoner Arash Sadeghi to receive proper medical treatment in a hospital outside the prison. Arash Sadeghi has lost the ability to move his right hand due to an infection on his shoulder that has been left untreated in Rajai Shahr Prison. He needs to receive treatment from a... Read More

13 Workers of Kut-e Abdollah Municipality Were Arrested

On 20 October, 2019, the mayor of Kut-e Abdollah, Navab Hajian Saeidi, confirmed the arrest of 13 city workers. He claimed that the arrestees were encouraging other city workers to cease work to put the municipality under pressure so the contractor filed a lawsuit against them. The mayor added that the workers’ unpaid wages of August... Read More