Tag Archive: international

International Liberty Association: Two Baha’i women were transferred to the Prison of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, 3 April 2021, to serve their sentences.The Revolutionary Court of Bandar Abbas sentenced Maral Rasti and Mahnaz Jan-Nesar to 2 years in prison, each, on the charge of “assembly and collusion against national... Read More

International Liberty Association: Iranian security forces and police shot and killed two young men from Iran’s Arab minority, in arbitrary shootings in the city of Shush in Khuzestan Province, southwest Iran.According to local sources, Ebrahim Atshani, 20, and Mostafa Hargani, 22, were shot by the IRGC Basij forces of “Danesh”... Read More

International Liberty Association: The Revolutionary Court has sentenced four Baha’is to a total of 12 years prison in Iran.The Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court has sentenced Mona Mehrabi, Elham Kerempisheh, Afsaneh Yadegar Ardestani and Ehsanollah Yadegar Ardestani to a total of 12 years of prison.It should be mentioned... Read More

Mrs. Bahieh Namjou International Liberty Association: This is New Year in Iran, and in many other Asian countries of course, on 20 March. Mothers of human rights and civil activist prisoners and prisoners and peaceful protesters martyrs in Iran celebrated the New Year near prisons or by the side of their children’s grave. Farangis... Read More

International Liberty Association: According to the reports from Iran, on Tuesday 10 March 2021, political prisoner, Maryam Akbari Monfared, suddenly transferred from Evin prispn to Semnan Prison. She has been imprisoned for 12 years. To prevent Maryam Akbari’s forcible transfer, other women prisoners protested her transfer when they... Read More

International Liberty Association: A teachers’ rights activist, who has been jailed in Iran since 2016 started a hunger strike on Sunday, March 8.Ismail Abdi, a union activist of teachers imprisoned in Evin Prison, has been denied phone calls after being taken to the prison’s ward 6. He has been transferred from ward 8 to ward 6... Read More

Ali Nouri International Liberty Association: Ali Nouri, a civil activist held in Evin Prison was transferred to Aminabad Psychiatric Hospital last week, on Wednesday, instead of being taken to a hospital. Prison authorities had promised to take him to a regular hospital to receive treatment following his health condition over the last... Read More

International Liberty Association: Iranian authorities tortured and executed an Ahwazi Arab minority prisoner in south-west of Iran.Ahwazi Arab prisoner, Jasem Heydari, was executed along with three other prisoners on 28 Sunday February. Jasem Heydari was convicted of “armed insurrection” (baghi) by the Revolutionary Court in... Read More

Leila Hosseinzadeh International Liberty Association: The Branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court issued a 5-year sentence for student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh and banned her for two years from activity on social media.According to the reports, Student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh has received this sentence for participating in the... Read More

Somayyeh Kargar transferred to Qarchak Prison International Liberty Association: Somayyeh Kargar has been transferred to Qarchak Prison since this week.After completion of four months of interrogation by the IRGC Intelligence at Ward 2A of Evin, she has been finally release from this notorious ward and sent to Qarchak. Somayyeh Kargar... Read More

International Liberty Association: Iranian Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi has gone on hunger strike since 13 Feb, demanding a “Absolute acquittal” of the “false allegations”, which he believes is made by the Ministry of Intelligence against him.He had previously announced that he would go on a hunger strike to protest... Read More

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

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

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