Kurdish father of three Shot by Police in NW Iran
International Liberty Association: An Iranian border porter or “kolbar” (in Kurdish) was killed while driving, by direct police fire in Salmas, northwestern Iran. According to the human rights supporters’ new agency, security forces shot and killed 37-year-old Behzad Hashemi, married and father to three children. According to an... Read More
Kurdish Activist Sentenced to 2 Years Behind Bars
Foad Enayati- ILA International Liberty Association: According to the news, Kurdish activist, Foad Enayati, has been sentenced to two years of suspended prison term and 74 lashes by the Branch 104 of Sanandaj Court. The verdict is upheld by the Court of Appeals in the western city of Sanandaj. The flogging sentence against Mr. Enayati was... Read More
Iran: Continuing to Pressure Dissent University Students
International Liberty Association: Iranian security forces on Monday, 23 November, arrested Elham Samimi, a student at Tehran University.The security forces had previously inspected her home on 16 October and confiscated her personal belonging and those of her guests and relatives.Elham Samimi is a student of anthropology at Tehran... Read More
Kurdish Mother and her Teenage girl sentenced to imprisonment
International Liberty Association: Teenage Kurdish girl Aynaz Zare’e has been sentenced to five years in prison. The First Branch of the Penal Court of Urmia which specially examines cases of teenagers and minors, sentenced Aynaz Zare’e, 17, to five years in prison on Monday, 16 November 2020. The teenage Kurdish girl Aynaz... Read More
Environmental activist Faranak Jamshidi detention order extended for the third time
International Liberty Association: The judicial authorities in the city of Sanandaj extended the detention order for the environmental activist Faranak Jamshidi for a third time, on 28 September 2020.Ms. Jamshidi is presently detained in the Prison of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province. Agents of the Intelligence Department... Read More
Iran: Kurdish Activist, Heydar Ghorbani, at Risk of Imminent Execution
International Liberty Association: Heydar Ghorbani, a Kurdish prisoner in Iran is facing imminent execution.The Branch 27 of Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against Kurdish prisoner Heydar Ghorbani from the city of Kamyaran in Kurdistan province, western Iran, on Wednesday, 5 August. He has been transferred to the... Read More
Students of the University of Kurdistan were Arrested on Fourth Day of Protest over Ukrainian Plane Shot Down
International Liberty Association: Following the demonstrations to protest the shooting down of a Ukrainian plane by the IRGC missiles and keeping the memorial services for the victims, three university students were arrested by the security forces with physical violence. Moslem Suleimani, secretary of the Islamic Association of... Read More
Rajai Shahr Prison inmates’ letter to share their memories of Loghman Moradi, Zanyar Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi
Almost one week after the hangings of Loghman Moradi, Zanyar Moradi, and Ramin Hossein Panahi, their fellow prisoners have written a letter to condemn their execution. The letter was written from the Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, on Wednesday, 12 September, 2018. The prisoners who have signed the letter are as follow: Arash Sadeghi,... Read More
Three Kurdish Political Prisoners, Were Executed
Three Kurdish political prisoners, Ramin Hossein Panahi, Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, were executed. Despite Iranian, Kurdish and international efforts to stop the executions, Iranian authorities executed these three long-time Kurdish prisoner Ramin Hossein Panahi, along with Zaniar and Loghman Moradi, 0n 8 September. ars News agency,... Read More
Kurdish Political Prisoner, Ramin Hossein Panahi, Sewed His Lips Demanding Basic Rights
Ramin Hossein Panahi a Kurdish prisoner, who has been sentenced to death in Iran, has gone on hunger strike. He has sewed his lips, demanding his basic rights. Hia brother, Amjad Hossein Panahi, said his inmates told our family that Ramin had been wounded during his transfer to solitary confinement and apparently he has been taken to a... Read More