New Wave of Arrests to Fend off Iran Protests
International Liberty Association: According to the reports from Iran, the Intelligence Ministry of Iran has launched a new wave of arrests in Iran to fend off the outbreak of a spate of protests.A number of political prisoners were re-arrested or summoned over the past couple of weeks. One of those arrested is a young man suffering from... Read More
Student Activist Sentenced for Attending November Protests 2019
International Liberty Association: Marjan Es’haghi, student activist, a student of political sciences at Tehran University, received a total of five years’ imprisonment for participating in the November 2019 protests.The Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran sentenced Marjan Es’haghi to 1 year in prison and 4 years of... 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
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
UN Experts Condemn Navid Afkari’s Execution by Iran
International Liberty Association: Following the execution of Navid Afkari, in Iran, five United Nations’ human rights experts, including Javaid Rehman, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, condemned the execution of this Iranian wrestling champion. He was arrested during the cross country protests in 2018,... Read More
Audio Reveals Navid Afkari Had no Clues About His Execution
International Liberty Association: Sadly, we were informed of a two-minute audio recording of Navid Afkari’s last phone call which indicates that he had no information about his imminent execution.This last phone call has been circulated on social media on Monday, 14 September, yesterday. Apparently, this is a phone call... Read More
Iran executes young wrestler Navid Afkari
International Liberty Association: "International Observatory Human Rights" on its News page has published a report of Navid Afkar's execution. the following is part of the report. International Observatory Human Rights: "Over the weekend, Iran has demonstrated yet again its complete disregard for the law, justice and international... Read More
Iran hangs Navid Afkari despite pleas by his mother
Bahieh Namjou & Navid International Liberty Association: The parents of Navid Afkari had pleaded with the Judiciary to revise his death sentence and allow their sons to be examined by the Coroner’s Office. In their letter to the Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi, Hossein Afkari and Bahieh Namjou, the parents of the Afkari brothers,... 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
Fatemeh Davand, Protester, taken to jail to serve over 5 years Sentence
International Liberty Association: Ms Davand is sentenced to 30 lashes and 65 months in prison for taking part in November 2019 protestsAn Iran protester, Ms Fatemeh Davand was transferred to the Central Prison of Urmia on 6 August 2020, to start serving her jail sentence on the charge of taking part in the November 2019 protests in... Read More
Iran: Tortured Protester, Mostafa Salehi, Executed in Isfahan
International Liberty Association: Iran’s official Judiciary news agency announced that Mostafa Salehi, a young man arrested for participating in late 2017 and early 2018 protests was hanged at dawn today in a prison in Isfahan, central Iran. Mostafa Salehi was one of the protesters arrested during the nationwide protests in 2017-18 in... Read More
Iran: Upheld Death Sentence For Five Protesters Despite Allegations of Torture & False Confessions
International Liberty Association: Iran Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences of five men who were arrested by security forces during the December 2017 and January 2018 protests.The names of the five people whose death sentences have been upheld by the Supreme Court in Isfahan are Mehdi Salehi Ghale Shahrokhi, Mohammad Bastami,... Read More
Iran: Award-Winning Students Denied Fair Legal Representation
ILA: Ali Younesi & Amir Hossein Moradi International Liberty Association: Two detained award-winning Iranian students continue to be denied legal counsel and family visits after being arbitrarily detained since 10 April 2020.During the past months, Ali Younesi and Amir Hossein Moradi were tortured to make confessions and held in... Read More
Iran: Protesters Arrest in Behbahan
ILA: Behbahan International Liberty Association: Behbahan city in Khuzestan province was the scene of protests like the 2019–2020 Iranian uprisings. In a similar and reciprocal response, the government arrested several protesters and cut off Internet access in Khuzestan. Security forces arrested a young woman during the protests in... Read More