Family of Victims Demand Justice for 1988 Massacre in Iran
International Liberty Association: A group of relatives of prisoners executed in the 1988 massacre and 1990s in Iran, protested, demanding Justice for their loved ones.In the summer of 1988, the Iran authorities summarily and extra-judicially executed more than 30,000 of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience held in jails... Read More
Mina Rad, poetess and writer from Lorestan, sent to Qarchak Prison
International Liberty Association: Mina Rad, a poetess and writer, has been transferred to the notorious Qarchak Prison to serve her prison sentence.Mina Rad is from the city of Doroud in Lorestan Province, western Iran. The Lor poetess and writer was summoned to the media and culture court on 4 July 2020. The court tried her on the... Read More
Woman Christian convert was released on bail pending trial
International Liberty Association: A Christian convert “Maliheh Nazari” was released on bail from Qarchak prison pending the trial.Ms Maliheh Nazari was arrested by the security forces in plain clothes at her home in Tehran and was transferred to Evin Prison, on 30 June 2020.After her arrest, for several weeks her family did not know... Read More
Iran: Shahin Naseri Handed Over to Intelligence Forces
International Liberty Association: Prisoner Who Testified about Navid Afkari’s Torture Handed Over to Intelligence. Shahin Naseri, the cellmate of Navid Afkari who had testified in court about the torture of the now executed political prisoner has been handed over to the State Security Force Intelligence, according to Babak Paknia, an... Read More
Activist prisoner Hadiseh Sabouri denied medical care in Evin Prison
ILA: Hadiseh Sabouri International Liberty Association: Arrested Protester Hadiseh Sabouri is denied medical care in the women’s ward of Evin Prison and is deprived of being visited in a civic medical center.Hadiseh Sabouri is 44 and married with three children. She suffers from various illnesses. Specifically, she underwent a GI... Read More
Human Rights Lowyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh Transferred to Hospital
International Liberty Association: Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been transferred to hospital from Evin Prison.Due to suffering from heart problems, Nasrin Sotoudeh was transferred to Tehran’s Taleghani Hospital, on Saturday, 19 September. There is no further information available on her conditions.Nasrin Sotoudeh has been... Read More
Iran: 34 Prisoners Including 10 Protesters on Death Row
International Liberty Association: According to the reports, at least 34 political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are currently sentenced to death in Iran, 10 of whom are protesters who took part in nationwide protests in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Two protesters in Isfahan and Shiraz have already been hanged. Mostafa Salehi was... Read More
Execution of Navid Afkari sparks global condemnation against Iran
International Liberty Association: The horrific execution of Navid Afkari, a 27-year old Iranian wrestler, by the Iran Judiciary has launched a massive wave of international condemnations. ILA as well as other human right supporter organisations, has had published the reports and news regarding the situation of Navid Afkari, Mostafa... Read More
Wrestling Champion Navid Afkari Executed Despite International Outcries
ILA: Navid Afkari International Liberty Association: Navid Afkari was executed in Adelabad Prison of Shiraz.His family were told that he had been hanged.Despite widespread international outcries in Iran and around the world to stop his execution, the Iranian regime hanged the young Iran protester in a bid to prevent further protests... Read More
DC Photo Exhibition: Iran’s Ongoing Human Rights Violations
DC Exhibition International Liberty Association: The Organization of Iranian-American Communities (OIAC) held a large photo exhibition on Friday, September 4 in Washington, DC on the Iran four decades of systematic human rights violations, particularly the 1988 massacre of 30,000 Iranian political prisoners, the November 2019 killing of... Read More
Aida Younesi: My Brother Has Been Pressured to Make A Confession on TV
ILA: Ali Younesi International Liberty Association: Aida Younesi, the sister of detained award-winning student Ali Younesi says her brother has been pressured to make televised confessions to commute his death sentence. “The Ministry of Intelligence agents in charge of investigating my brother’s case told him on Wednesday that he... Read More
Navid Afkari & His Brother Divulge the Tortures They Have Been Through
ILA: Navid Afkari International Liberty Association: Following the unfair sentences issued for three brothers who had participated in protests in Shiraz in 2018, Navid Afkari and his brother, Vahid, have sent letters and tape recordings out of prison, revealing their tortures at the hands of their interrogators.Navid and Vahid Afkari are... Read More
Call for release of lawyer and Human Rights Defender prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh
ILA: Nasrin Sotoudeh International Liberty Association: Twenty days past the hunger strike by lawyer and human rights defender prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh, she is in critical health conditions in Evin Prison. She has been on hunger strike since 11 August 2020, in protest to the dire sanitary conditions in prison during the pandemic,... Read More
Three Brothers’ Death, Lashes, Prison Sentences for Participating in August Protests
Afkari Brothers International Liberty Association: A revolutionary court in Shiraz has sentenced three brothers to death, lashes and imprisonment for participating at a nationwide protest in Iran, in August 2018.One of the brothers has been sentenced to two times executions, prison, and lashes while two of his brothers were sentenced to... Read More