Iran: Social Media Storm May Halt Protesters’ Executions
International Liberty Association: Iran's judiciary has announced that it might halt the executions of three young men arrested in connection with November protests, following a social media campaign.The Persian hashtag “#do_not_execute” was used five million times after it was announced on Tuesday that the Supreme Court had upheld... Read More
Iran: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Against Protesters
International Liberty Association: Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentences against three young men arrested during the November 2019 protests. Amirhossein Moradi, Mohammad Rajabi and Saeed Tamjidi were sentenced to death after Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted them of several charges including... Read More
Iran Whips Two November Protesters
International Liberty Association: Two young men were flogged today for participating nationwide November protests in the city of Urmia, northwest Iran. Azerbaijani rights activists Ali Azizi and Eliar Hosseinzadeh, were arrested in November 2019 after participating protest against a hike in petrol prices in November 2019. The Branch... Read More
Iran’s Interior Minister Covers up November Protest Death Toll
International Liberty Association: A senior official for the first time admitted the killing of around 200 protesters, seven months after Iranian security forces killed more than 1,500 protesters in November 2019. While downplaying the real number of the death toll, the regime’s interior minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on 30 May... Read More
Iran Pressured the Families of Protesters Killed in November to Keep Silent
International Liberty Association: Six months after more than 15 hundreds of protesters and civilians were killed by unlawful force during the November 2019 protests, authorities have yet to provide the families of protesters with answers about their loved ones’ deaths. Instead, the families have had to settle for proposals of money... Read More
AFP:Amnesty urges probe into ‘ruthless’ Iran protest killings
International Liberty Association: According to AFP, Amnesty International urged the United Nations on Wednesday to launch an inquiry into the killing of protesters by Iranian security forces, six months after they erupted over petrol prices.The following is a report by AFP, regarding Amnesty International urges the United Nations to... Read More
Iran: Families of protesters under pressure to cooperate with regime
International Liberty Association: The Iran intelligence agencies and security forces have been pressuring families of Iran protesters killed in November protest in Iran to agree with the announcement of their children as the regime’s “martyrs.” In return, they would give the family, their child’s blood money and pay them... Read More
Iran: November protesters receive jail sentences, while fate of others remains unknown
November Protest-ILA International Liberty Association: Some of the November 2019 protesters are being tried and have been sentenced to long term imprisonment while the fate of thousands of others remains unknown. One of these protesters is Milad Arsanjani, 21. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for participating in Iran protests... Read More
Iran: Teachers Sentenced to Prison for Nationwide Teachers Strike
International Liberty Association: An Appeals Court has sentenced seven Iranian teachers from North Khorasan Province for participating the nationwide teachers’ strike in 2018. According to the Council of Teachers’ syndicates, a Revolutionary Court had sentenced the seven teachers to a total of 41 years in prison as well as lashes,... Read More
Wounded protesters die due to infection in the absence of medical care
International Liberty Association: Wounded Iranian protesters have lost their lives due to infection of their wounds in the absence of medical treatment at hospitals. At least two protesters wounded in the November 2019 uprising in Iran, have been announced dead. Amir Ojani, father of four, had been wounded by security forces during... Read More
France 24\ verified videos of women’s injuries in Iranian protests
International Liberty Association: France 24 reported on the violence committed by security forces during the January 12 demonstration in Tehran causing women’s injuries. For the full report please use the link below: France 24 says, A shotgun carried by a man in plainclothes, three women bleeding 70 meters away, teargas fired at... Read More
Teenage protester commits suicide after Knows his 10-year Imprisonment sentence
November- Protests-ILA International Liberty Association: A teenage protester attempted suicide in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary at noon on Saturday, 25 January. Siamak Momeni, less than 18 years old, was arrested in Parand during the protests in Iran in November 2019. He committed suicide by cutting his wrist after he learned... Read More
Women in Front Line of Straggle for Human Rights
International Liberty Association: Women have a leading role in anti-government rallies in Iran. New course of protest rallies started in Iran, on Saturday, 11 January, 2020, in protest to the shoot-down of the Ukrainian passenger aircraft by the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC). The security forces tried to disperse the protesters by using... Read More
Iran: Imprisonment sentence for Seven Civil Rights Activists
ILA International Liberty association: According to human rights organisation from Iran, seven civil rights activists were arrested during the commemoration ceremony held 40 days after the killing of Navid Behboudi, on 26 December, 2019. Navid Behboudi is one of the victims of last November’s protests. Mahrokh Rousta, Kaveh... Read More