Iran: 141 Violations of the Minorities Rights in One Month
International Liberty Association: In the past month, there have been at least 141 violations of the rights of religious minorities in Iran. A considerable number of violations have been against women. At least 121 violations of the rights of Baha’i citizens were documented, in addition to 15 cases of violations of Christian rights and... 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
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: 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
Critical Poet Arrested and Sent to Prison for One Year
International Liberty Association: Mostafa Badkoobei, Writer, critical Poet and former political prisoner, was arrested after he attended the law enforcement office at Evin court and was transferred to Great Tehran prison, to serve his imprisonment sentence, on Tuesday 2 June 2020. Mr Badkoobei is sentenced to 1-year imprisonment by the... Read More
Iran’s Interior Minister Covers up November Protest Death Toll
International Liberty Association: A senior official for the first time admitted the killing of around 200 protesters, seven months after Iranian security forces killed more than 1,500 protesters in November 2019. While downplaying the real number of the death toll, the regime’s interior minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on 30 May... Read More
String of fires at Christian, Hindu, Jewish holy sites in Iran
AL-ARABIA International Libert Association: According to the Al-Arabia; Fires at three sacred sites in Iran belonging to religious minorities are raising suspicion, with some experts suggesting they may have been set deliberately. This a report by AL ARABIA, regarding fires at three sacred sites in Iran belonging to Jews, Hindus and... Read More
Covid-19 threaten life of Political prisoners in Iran
International Liberty Association: Political prisoner Akbar Bagheri has been suffering from haemorrhage for three weeks and has become seriously weak. He is held in ward 5 of the Greater Tehran Penitentiary where COVID-19 suspected patients are held, and he is in danger of becoming infected. He has lost a lot of blood and needs blood... Read More
Shocking News: 10,000 Medical Staff in Iran Infected with Coronavirus
ISNA Photo- International Liberty Association: Iran Shocking statistics released by an official of the Ministry of Health indicate that more than 10,000 medical staff in Iran are infected with the Coronavirus. Qassem Janabaei revealed these shocking statistics on 21 May 2020, during a ceremony honouring Iranian doctors and... Read More
COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens Lives of Women Prisoners
ILA-Golrok-Mojgan International Liberty Association: More than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives of women prisoners of Conscience, women rights activists, civil activist and political prisoners. The following describes the status of several women political prisoners, new prison sentences, and arrests in recent... Read More
Golrokh Iraee: Zeinab Jalalian is a symbol of struggle and resistance
ILA: Iraee & Zeinab International Liberty Association: In a letter sent out from Qarchak Prison in Varamin, Golrokh Iraee revealed that the Iranian regime has been greater pressure on political prisoners by transferring them to the notorious prison for women.Golrokh Iraee wrote that two Kurdish political prisoners, Zeinab Jalalian who... Read More
Iran chief’s link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
International Liberty Association: according to the Canadian press, a former Canadian justice minister says Canada's quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran's lead investigator is a mass executioner who belongs in prison. That frank assessment comes from Irwin... Read More
Iran Arrest The Award-Winning Students
International Liberty Association: The Spokesman of Iran’s Judiciary on Tuesday admitted the arrest of two elite students from Sharif University of Technology after detaining them for 26 days.Gholam-Hossein Esmaili who was speaking to reporters said the two students had linked up with an opposition organization (MEK). Reciting a... Read More
Iran: Horrific Death of a Juvenile Under Torture
International Liberty Association: Danial Zeinol-Abedini, a juvenile in death row, was killed under torture in a western Iran prison before being executed. Following the riot in prison on Sunday, 29 March 2020, Danial Zeinol-Abedini and several other prisoners accused of instigating the riots were transferred to solitary confinement. ... Read More