Author Archives for Ali

International Liberty Association: Farzin Rezaei Roshan, a prisoner of conscience has been transferred to Aminabad psychiatric hospital. Aminabad psychiatric hospital is located in southern Tehran’s Shahr-e-Rey district.Farzin Rezaei Roshan has been kept in prison since March 2020. The prisoner of conscience has been sentenced to... Read More

Zeinab Jalalian International Liberty Association: According to a source close to Zeinab Jalalian, Kurdish political prisoner, who is kept in Central Prison of Yazd, she is in a critical condition after being infected with corona virus.Zeinab Jalalian was convicted to a life prison sentence and it is 14 years that she have been serving... Read More

International Liberty Association: According to the reports from inside Iran, the Branch 29 of Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced Mohammad Hadi Erfanian Kaseb to three months and five days in prison on allegation of “propaganda against the state”. He was handed the verdict just last week.He was tried for his interviews with the... Read More

International Liberty Association: Women’s Rights Activist, Saba Kord Afshari, is in critical health condition due to hunger strike as she has started on 8 May this year.ILA has previously reported that, women’s rights activist, Saba Kord Afshari went on hunger strike since 8 May to protest the increasing pressure on the families of... Read More

International Liberty Association: Tehran revolutionary court has sentenced a Baha’i woman to 8 years behind bars on the accusation of forming a group to support women.The Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, presided over by Judge Afshari, sentenced Atsa Ahmadai Rafsanjani to four years for “forming a group to act against... Read More

International Liberty Association: Human Rights prisoner, Arash Sadeghi, was released from Rajai Shahr Prison, in Karaj. Mr. Sadeghi was released under Article 12 of the law on reducing sentencing, after serving 5 years and 6 months in prison, including his previous detention. It should be mentioned that, he was sentenced by the... Read More

International Liberty Association: A recent report from the women’s ward of Tabriz Prison has revealed horrible conditions in which female inmates are detained in this prison.The women’s ward of the Central Prison of Tabriz was transferred to a new place on 3 April 2021. The new ward has two floors. The lower floor houses the... Read More

International Liberty Association: Saba Kord Afshari has started a hunger strike since Saturday, May 8, 2021, to protest increasing pressure on her family and the families of other political prisoners. She demands that her mother, Raheleh Ahmadi, be released from Evin Prison.Saba Kord Afshari has several times suffered stomach ulcer... Read More

International Liberty Association: In the summer of 1988, more than 30,000 political prisoners, mostly members and supporters of the Islamic republic of Iran main opposition group were executed based on a fatwa of Ruhollah Khomeini.An organization called Justice for the Victims of the 1988 Massacre in Iran has released a new statement... Read More

International Liberty Association: Recent reports from various Iranian prisons reveal the inhuman treatment of prisoners in the women’s wards.The authorities of the Central Prison of Tabriz called back 32-year-old Ameneh Rahimi to prison after the expiration of her leave despite her becoming paralyzed due to a stroke during her prison... Read More

International Liberty Association: Dozens of Iranian workers and labour activists were arrested in rallies marking International Labour Day in Tehran.Labour rights activists Asal Mohammadi, Hirad Pirbodaghi, Saeed Malayeri, are among those arrested outside the Iran Labour Ministry. Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company... Read More

International Liberty Association: Two Iranian Baha’is, Vahid Dana and Saeed Abedi, were detained in their homes in Shiraz south-western Iran.Intelligence agents searched their homes and confiscated some of their personal belongings including their cell phones, computers, holy books and Baha’i photos. The two Baha’i men are... Read More

International Liberty Association: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been sentenced to one more year in prison and also travel ban for one year. She has been accused of propaganda against the Iran authorities. Her lawyer, , said she was accused of taking part in a protest in London 12 years ago. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said... Read More

Ali Younesi-Amir Hossein Moradi International Liberty Association: The court hearing scheduled to examine charges leveled against two elite and award-winning students detained in a security ward was called off. Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, students of Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology, were violently arrested last year... Read More