Two female activists in Iran receive 10 years Prison Sencence
Faranak Jamshidi- Soha Mortezaii International Liberty Association: Two female activists in Tehran and Sanandaj received a total of 10 years’ imprisonment for their activities promoting human rights in Iran.The two femaleactivists charged for exercising their fundamental right to freedom of expression are Faranak Jamshidi and Soha... Read More
Iran: 2 Prisoners Sentence Extended by One Year
International Liberty Association: Two Iranian prisoners were sentenced to prison by the Revolutionary Court of Tehran in connection with a new case against them while they were in prison. According to the verdict issued by Branch 29 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, Mohammad Bannazadeh Amirkhizi and Majid Asadi have been each... Read More
Kurdish father of three Shot by Police in NW Iran
International Liberty Association: An Iranian border porter or “kolbar” (in Kurdish) was killed while driving, by direct police fire in Salmas, northwestern Iran. According to the human rights supporters’ new agency, security forces shot and killed 37-year-old Behzad Hashemi, married and father to three children. According to an... Read More
Mom and Her 2 Children Sentenced to 20 years in prison
International Liberty Association: According to an informed source, Zahra Safaei, her daughter Prastoo Moeini, and her son Mohammad Masoud Moini were sentenced by the Branch 23 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court presided over by judge Mohammad Mehdi Shahmirzadi. Zahra Safaei has been sentenced to five years for “assembly and... Read More
Woman Prisoner, Zahra Safaei, in Dire Health Conditions in Prison
International Liberty Association: News from Qarchak Prison of Varamin indicate political prisoner Zahra Safaei is in dire health conditions, as the prison’s warden, Soghra Khodadadi has prevented her urgent dispatch to a civic hospital.Reports on Tuesday, 3 February 2021, indicated that the health of Zahra Safaei is rapidly... Read More
Gonabadi Dervish, Abbas Dehghan sentenced to jail, flogging and payment of reparation
International Liberty Association: A Gonabadi Dervish, Abbas Dehghan, has received a prison sentence, in addition to flogging and payment of blood money. He is presently detained in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (GTP). The Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Abbas Dehghan to five years in prison on the charge of... Read More
Mohammad Ashtiani, Has Been Denied Medical Treatment, in Karaj Prison
International Liberty Association: Political prisoner Mohammad Ashtiani was about to get suffocated in the absence of medical treatment.Low oxygen levels in the blood of political prisoner Mohammad Ashtiani was leading to his suffocation due to lack of medical treatment. Despite the low oxygen level in his blood, prison authorities... Read More
Iran executes ethnic Baluchi who was tortured into confessing
ILA: Javid Dehghan International Liberty Association: Iranian authorities on Saturday hanged Javid Dehghan, a member of Iran’s Baluchi ethnic minority, despite a plea by the United Nations to halt his execution.The Iranian judiciary’s official website reported that Javid Dehghan, 31, was hanged in the central prison of Zahedan for... Read More
Five Arab Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike in The Prison of Ahvaz
International Liberty Association: Five Arab political prisoners have started a hunger strike in Shaiban Prison of Ahvaz, capital of southwestern Iranian Province of Khuzestan.Jasem Heydari, Ali Khasraji, Hossein Seilavi, Ali Motiri, and Ali Mojaddam sewed their lips and started a hunger strike on Saturday, 23 January 2021.The Arab... Read More
Prisoner of Conscience Saba Kord Afshari Violently Relocated
Saba Kord Afshari International Liberty Association: Prisoner of Conscience Saba Kord Afshari was violently moved out of Ward 8 of Qarchak Prison on Tuesday, 26 January, and taken to Ward 6 where ordinary prisoners are held.An informed source said: In a bid to terrorize inmates in Ward 8, male and female prison guards entered Ward 8 while... Read More
Human Rights Activist Prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee Expelled to Amol Prison
International Liberty Association: Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee have banished to Amol Prison, in northern Iran, by the Iranian prison authorities.This happened only hours after she had been returned to Qarchak Prison in Varamin, on Sunday, 24 January, after 43 days of intense interrogation by the IRGC Intelligence at Ward 2A of Evin... Read More
Iran: Christian woman denied jobs
International Liberty Association: A Christian woman has been deprived from getting employed for converting from Islam to Christianity, by the Iranian Intelligence services.A former prisoner of conscience, Mary Mohammadi (Fatemeh) wrote in a post that nearly one year since she was released from Qarchak Prison in Varamin, she has been... Read More
Human Rights Prisoner Raheleh Ahmadi in Dire Health, Might be Paralyzed
Raheleh Ahmadi International Liberty Association: According to Mr. Mostafa Nili, lawyer of Raheleh Ahmadi, human rights activist, she is in dire health and on the point of paralysis.Mr. Nili said: “Despite growing concern of physicians over the possibility of her becoming paralyzed, no decision has been taken for starting medical... Read More
Wave of Arrests in Kurdish Cities – at Least 26 Detained or Summoned this Week
Kurdish Activists International Liberty Association: There was a wave of arrests of Kurdish citizens and activists over the past week in Kurdish cities or cities with Kurdish residents.At least 26 Kurdish citizens were arrested and detained by intelligence agents over the past days in the cities of Mahabad, Marivan, Rabat, Bukan,... Read More