Student Activist, Leila Hosseinzadeh, Sentenced to 5 Years Prison

Leila Hosseinzadeh International Liberty Association: The Branch 28 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court issued a 5-year sentence for student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh and banned her for two years from activity on social media.According to the reports, Student activist Leila Hosseinzadeh has received this sentence for participating in the... Read More

Parisa Rafiei’s Referred to the Court of Appeals after the Acquittal, Due to Prosecutor Objection

Parisa Rafiei International Liberty Association: The new case of Parisa Rafiei, a trade union activist at the University of Tehran imprisoned in Evin Prison, was referred to the Court of Appeals after she was acquitted in the initial stage. Ms. Rafiei's charges were previously heard in the Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran on... 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

Iran: Soha Morteza was released From Qarchak Prison

International Liberty Association: Soha Mortazai, a graduate student in human Science and former secretary of the Central Student Council of the University of Tehran, was released on bail on Wednesday, 22 January, from Qarchak prison. Ms. Mortazai had been arrested by security forces during the November 2019 protests and transferred to... Read More

Lengthy Imprisonment Sentence against Student Activist for Participating Protests Uphold by the Court of Appeals

A Tehran appeals court upheld a 7-year prison sentence and 74 lashes against student activist Pedram Pazireh for joining 2017 December’s widespread protests. He had been sentenced to prison and lashes by notorious Judge Mohammad Moghiseh at Branch 28 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. A graduate student of Cultural and Media Studies... Read More

Student Activist Sentenced To Imprisonment

The prison verdict for student activist, Leila Hosseinzadeh, was upheld by the Appeal Court of Tehran Province. This verdict was issued by the Branch 26 of the Court of Tehran, in March 2018. On Monday, 24 June, 2019, Branch 36 of the Appeal Court of Tehran Province informed Leila Hosseinzadeh of her sentence. Leila Hosseinzadeh has been... Read More