Iran: Protests by Nurses of Milad Hospital demand unpaid salaries
International Liberty Association: According to the news from Milad Hospital in Tehran, nurses of this hospital held a protest in front of the hospital main entrance, demanding payment of their salaries during the pandemic and raise on their salary.The state-run news agency, ILNA, reported that the protest was held on 12 January 2021 in... Read More
Photographer and Documentary Filmmaker, Negar Masoudi, released on bail
International Liberty Association: Negar Masoudi, a photographer and documentary filmmaker, was temporarily released from Evin Prison t on Saturday, 9 January, yesterday, on bail until the end of the trial. Ms. Masoudi was arrested by security forces in Tehran on 29 October, this year, and was transferred to the IRGC Intelligence... Read More
Iran: Three Sunni Prisoners secretly executed
International Liberty Association: According to the reports from Iran, three Sunni prisoners, Hamid Rastbala, Kabir Sa’adat Jahani and Mohammad Ali Arayesh, were executed on Thursday, 31 December 2020, in Vakilabad Prison of Mashhad. These three Sunni prisoners were transferred to an unknown location on Wednesday, 31 December 2020,... Read More
Sahba Hemadi Sentenced to 7 Years Imprisonment
International Liberty Association: Sahba Hemadi, who was arrested in October 2018 and was temporarily released in March 2020 on bail until completion of her prosecution. Then the Revolutionary Court of Ahvaz sentenced her to 7 years in prison on 30 December 2020. Finally, She was taken to the Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz on 30 December 2020,... Read More
Iran: 9 Baha’is Sentenced to Prison
International Liberty Association: According to the reports, nine Baha’i citizens sentenced to a total of nine years in prison for being members of their religious minority by an appeals court in Iran. According to the verdict issued by the Branch 36 of Tehran’s Appeals Court presided over by Judge Seyed Ahmad Zargar, these 9... Read More
Urmia prisoners on dry hunger strike
Central Prison of Urmiia International Liberty Association: According the news from Central Prison of Urmia, North-West Iran, 14 prisoners started a dry hunger strike protesting the Judiciary’s failure to commute their sentences, on the morning of Wednesday, 9 December. These prisoners have staged a sit-in in the sentry room on Friday... Read More
UN Experts’ Call on Iran to Account for 1988 Massacre
International Liberty Association: The United Nations seven human rights experts calling on Iran to account for the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, in 1988.In their communication to Iran the UN experts expressed their serious concern, this year, over the alleged continued refusal to disclose the fate and whereabouts of thousands... Read More
Evin Prisoners Statement: Tsunami of Corona virus in Iran Prisons
Iran: Evin Prison International Liberty Association: According to the news received from Iran, a group of political prisoners of Ward 8 at the Evin Prison published a statement expressing their concerns about a potential death tsunami at prisons through the re-spread of corona virus in Iran and the prisons. The following is the full... Read More
Bahareh Soleimani, is still hold in Evin Prison
Bahareh-Soleymani International Liberty Association: According to the reports, Bahara Soleymani, a Nurse, is still in detention at the Evin prison, ward 209, solitary confinement ward in Evin Prison. The Ward 209 at Evin prison is a ward belongs to the Intelligence Ministry. Bahara Soleymani has been kept in this ward for more than one... Read More
Prison Guards Storm Prisoners in Urmia Prison
Urmia-Prison International Liberty Association: Urmia prison guards storm inmates in this prison on Wednesday over fears of contamination amid a Covid-19 outbreak. Inmates in wards 1, 2,3 and 4 of Urmia Prison started to protest when a prisoner, named Hojjat Kazemzadeh, set himself on fire, protesting the authorities’ prevention of his... Read More
Jailed Human Rights Activist, Saeed Eghbali, at Risk of Hearing Loss
International Liberty Association: Human Rights activist Saeed Eghbali is at risk of hearing loss in one of his ears. He is held in Evin prison since May this year. Iranian authorities continue to refuse to transfer him to a hospital outside the Evin Prison.He was arrested by the security forces violently in 2017, which caused a 70%... Read More
Zahra Safaei and Golrokh Iraee Attacked and Threatened to Death.
International Liberty Association: Women activist prisoners Zahra Safaei and Golrokh Iraee were once again threatened to death by an ordinary inmate. The woman, hired and provoked by the warden of Qarchak Prison, attacked, and threatened to kill them. The attack took place on Monday night, 2 November 2020. As prisoners are movements... Read More
Health of Fatemeh Mosanna Deteriorating in Evin Prison
International Liberty Association: according to the reports from Evin prison, the health of human rights activist prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna held at women’s ward of Evin Prison is deteriorating and the authorities have deprived her of adequate medical treatment. Fatemeh Mosana’s health condition deteriorated on 17 October due to an... Read More
A toddler with heart disease is separated from her Christian parents
International Liberty Association: A court issued an inhuman ruling to separate a 2-year-old toddler from her Christian parents in Iran, despite her “strong emotional bonds” The little girl was subsequently separated from her parents and handed over to the Welfare Organization.The 2-year-old toddler called Lydia was born Muslim but... Read More