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
Members Glaris Musical band in Kermanshah arrested
Glaris Music Band International Liberty Association: According the reports from Kermanshah city, members of an All-Women musical band in Kermanshah were arrested and summoned to Intelligence office ten days ago.Based on the report,on Saturday, 16 January 2021, two members of Glaris all-women musical band were summoned to the Intelligence... 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
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
No News on Golrokh Iraee 3 Weeks Past Her Forcible Transfer to Evin Prison
International Liberty Association: According to Mrs Golrokh Iraee, it is more than 20 days since her transfer by force to Ward 2A of Evin Prison; her family have no news on Golrokh Iraee and her conditions.It should be mentioned that, Golrokh Iraee’s family are extremely worried about her health and the possibility of forming a new... 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
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
Maryam Akbari Starts Her 12th Year Prison in Evin Prison
Maryam-Monfared International Liberty Association: Maryam Akbari Monfared started her 12th year in prison on Wednesday, 30 December 2020. She is a political prisoner jailed in Evin since 2009 without one day of furlough.Maryam Akbari was arrested at 3 a.m. on 30 December 30, 2009, after the uprisings on 27 December the same year. In... Read More
Iran: 111th Woman Hanged, Despite Mental Disorders
International Liberty Association: According to the news that we just received, the Iranian Judiciary had a woman hanged in the Central Prison of Sanandaj in the morning of Sunday, 27 December 2020.The execution of Zeinab Khodamoradi has not been announced by the state media in Iran as this news is being published. The woman hanged... Read More
Kurdish prisoners Shaker Behrouz faces a second death sentence
Shaker Behrouz International Liberty Association: According to the reports, a second death penalty has been issued for Shaker Behrouz based on a new case filed against him. Mr. Behrouz is detained in the Central Prison of Urmia.The First Branch of the Penal Court of Urmia issued the second death sentence on Saturday, 26 December, for... Read More
Iran: Deputy Head of the Free Union of Workers Parvin Mohammadi to be jailed
Parvin Mohammadi International Liberty Association: The First Branch of the Unit Implementing the Verdicts at Evin Courthouse summoned Vice President of the Free Union of Iranian Workers Parvin Mohammadi on 20 December 2020.Ms. Mohammadi has been ordered to appear before the court within five days. (SANA website). Deputy Head of the... Read More
New Trumped Up Charges Against Soheil Arabi
Soheil Arabi International Liberty Association: Prisoner of conscience Soheil Arabi was tried with new allegation through a video conference by the Branch 8 of Shahr-e Rey Courthouse on Wednesday, 23 December 2020.As a punishment, Mr. Arabi was relocated from the Great Tehran Penitentiary to Rajai Shahr Prison on 18 September this year.... Read More
Iran: Five Baha’i women Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Iran: Bahai' women International Liberty Association: Acording to the reports from Mashad, north-east Iran, Five Baha’i women were sentenced to a total of five years imprisonment.The 3re Branch of the Revision Court of Khorasan Razavi Province upheld a total of five years imprisonment sentence for five Baha’i women living in Mashhad,... Read More