Iran: Political Prisoner under Pressure after Being Sent into Exile

International Liberty Association: Prison authorities have put Maryam Akbari Monfared, an Iranian dissident serving a 15-year sentence, under pressure in Semnan prison where she was recently banished to.Political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared has been additional pressure since she was exiled from Evin Prison to the Prison of Semnan on... Read More

Iran: Two Young Men Killed by Basij Forces

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

Iran: Kurdish citizens arrested for attending Nowruz celebration

International Liberty Association: At least 10 Kurdish citizens in the cities of Marivan, Sanandaj and Saqez have been arrested for participating in Nowruz celebrations in western Iranian cities.At least four of those arrested are from Ney village in the city of Marivan, in Iran’s Kurdistan province near the Iraq border.The state... Read More

Prison authorities deny medical care to prisoner Afshin Baymani

International Liberty Association: Afshin Baymani, a political prisoner, has been denied medical treatment despite experiencing heart complications.Mr Baymani has been refused to be transfered to a hospital outside the prison, although the prison doctors advised so. He was denied of medical treatment by Mr Vaziri, the Prosecutor’s... Read More

Iran: Four Baha’is Sentenced to 12 Years Prison

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

Iran: Forced marriage Caused Suicide of a 18-year-old girl

Anahita - Shahidi International Liberty Association: A 18-year-old young girl in Yasuj, seeking to oppose forced marriage through hanging and lost her life. A young girl living in Yasuj city hung herself and lost her life. According to Human rights activists from inside Iran, The identity of this citizen "Anahita Shahidi, 18 years old... Read More

Worryng Conditions of Two exiled Women, Human Rights and Political Prisoners

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

Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces a second charge and will be back in court

International Liberty Association: According to the reporst from Iran, Nazanin’s sentence has ended and her ankle tag has been removed. But, the Iranian authorities say she faces a second charge and will be back in court.On the day that she should be immediately and unconditionally release and reunion with her husband and daughter in... Read More

Iran: Jailed activist transferred to psychiatric hospital

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

Somayyeh Kargar transferred to Qarchak Prison

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

Iran: Court OF Appeal Sentenced Kurdish Activist to 5 Years Prison

International Liberty Association: An appeals court has sentenced Kurdish civil activist, Zahra Mohammadi, to five years behind bars. The appeals court was held in October 2020 presided over by Mostafa Tayari, and the verdict has been officially notified to her in recent days.Zahra Mohmmmadi is the director of the Nojin Cultural... 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

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

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