Iran: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Protesters

International Liberty Association: Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences against three young men arrested during the November 2019 protests. Amirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi were sentenced to death after Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted them of several charges including... Read More

Extend of the Special Rapporteur’s Mission on Human Rights Violations in Iran

ILA: Javid Rehman International Liberty Association: The Iranian government must cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur and allow visits to Iran. At its meeting on Monday, the UN Human Rights Council extended the mandate of Javed Rahman, the UN Special Representative for Human Rights in Iran, by a positive vote of 22 countries for... Read More

British-Iranian’s message from Evin prison to Boris Johnson: Corona’s threat here is more than ever

International Liberty Association: Anousheh Ashouri, an Iranian-British dual-national prisoner, sent an audio message from inside Evin Prison to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for help. AFP reported on Monday that the phone call had been recorded by his wife in London and given to the news agency. “We are desperate... Read More

Kurdish Political Prisoner Beaten by Qarchak Prison Officials

International Liberty Association: Kurdish political prisoner Sakineh Parvaneh was recently beaten by several criminals in prison. They targeted the prisoner after prison officials in Ward 3 of Qarchak Prison incited them.After her transfer from Evin to Qarchak Prison, Sakineh Parvaneh was transferred in April to Aminabad Psychiatric... Read More

Human Rights Defender Prisoner Suffers for Witnessing Executions

International Liberty Association: Human Rights defender prisoner, Narges Mohammadi, has spoken about psychological torture because of witnessing the executions of prisoners in Zanjan Prison.Narges Mohammadi who was the spokeswoman and vice president of the League of Human Rights Defenders in Iran, during a recent visit with her mother,... Read More

Iran: Activist Prisoner Zahra Safaei Threatened to Death by Criminal Inmates

ILA: Zahra Safaei International Liberty Association: Human Rights activist prisoner, Zahra Safaei, has received life threats from ordinary prisoners in the Qarchak Prison of Varamin.According to the news made public on Saturday, 13 June 2020, several dangerous prisoners recruited by the Ministry of Intelligence and prison authorities have... Read More

Iran: More Than 100 Prisoners executed since January 2020

International Liberty Association: According to reports by Iran Officials and human rights activists, more than 100 inmates have been executed in Iran from January to mid-June 2020.At least 30 of these executions have been announced by official and semi-official press and media, and the other 79 were carried out in secret. At least... Read More

Iran: Pressure on women political prisoners by filing false cases

ILA: Atena & Maryam International Liberty Association: In order to ramp up pressure on women Activists and political prisoners, the Iranian regime’s judiciary has summoned and filed new cases against them. Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared was orally summoned to the Evin Courthouse on Wednesday, 10 June 2020. However, she... Read More

Iran: Kurdish Political Prisoner, Hedayat Abdollahpour, Executed in Urmia Prison

ILA: Hedayat Abdollahpour International Liberty Association: on 10 June, the father of a Kurdish political prisoner Hedayat Abdollahpour, was told that his son was executed 20 days ago. Neither his family nor his lawyer were informed about the execution and were not given the customary “last visit” with their loved one. According to... Read More

Iran Whips Two November Protesters

International Liberty Association: Two young men were flogged today for participating nationwide November protests in the city of Urmia, northwest Iran. Azerbaijani rights activists Ali Azizi and Eliar Hosseinzadeh, were arrested in November 2019 after participating protest against a hike in petrol prices in November 2019. The Branch... Read More

Iran: Elite Students Detained for 60 Days

International Liberty Association: Despite nearly 60 days since the arrests of two elite students of Sharif University of Technology, Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi, they are still denied access to lawyers and visit their families. Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi have remained in detention despite human rights groups and... Read More

Open Letter by Saba Kord Afshari’s Mother, Raheleh Asl Ahmadi

International Libert Association has previously reported a prison sentence upheld by the Court of Appeal against Saba Kord Afshri, a civil activist in Iran. Opposing this verdict, her Mother, Raheleh Asl Ahmadi, who is women rights prisoner, as well, has written an open letter demanding a reconsideration on the conflicting verdicts, also... Read More

Iran: 70 Percent of Inmates Infected With COVID-19 in Urmia Prison

International Liberty Association: Coronavirus has become widespread in Urmia Central Prison, with more than 70 percent of inmates in the prison suffering from the disease. Over the past week, the coronavirus infection has spread to the wards 14 and 15. More than 30 prisoners who tested positive for the virus were taken to a hospital... Read More

Forest Fires Expanding Due to Officials Neglect

International Liberty Association: Forests and natural resources in Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmed province (southwest Iran) has been targeted by fire that is destroying trees and wildlife, killing innocent animals. Reports indicate a major fire continues in the Chitgar forests located west of the Iranian capital Tehran and many trees have... Read More