Five women activists from Gilan have been sentenced to a total of 23 years in prison by the Revolutionary Court of Rasht. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, August 12, 2024, Nina Golestani, Rozita Rajayi, Anahita Hajazi, Negin Edalatkhah, and Anahita Dustdar were each sentenced by the Third Branch of the […]
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Protest Letter Sent to Iran’s New President According to Kolbarnews, the FNV (Federation of Dutch Trade Unions) has issued a strong protest against the death sentence of Sharifeh Mohammadi, a 45-year-old labor activist, by an Iranian court on July 4, 2024. Mohammadi, an industrial engineer and mother, was arrested in […]
Matin Yazdani, a women’s rights activist, has been granted medical leave from Lakan Prison in Rasht. According to Kolbarnews, Matin Yazdani was granted medical leave until July 20, 2024. She, along with Forough Sami’nia, Jelveh Javaheri, Negin Rezaei, Shiva Shah-Siah, and Azadeh Chavoshian, had been arrested and transferred to Lakan […]
A group of women’s rights activists from Gilan have been sent to prison to serve their sentences. According to Kolbarnews, on the morning of Tuesday, July 13, 2024, Jaleh Javaheri, Forough Saminia, Shiva Shahsiah, Negin Rezaei, and Azadeh Chavoshian, women’s rights activists, were sent to Lakan Prison in Rasht to […]
Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht has sentenced labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi to death on charges of “rebellion.” According to Kolbarnews, on Thursday, July 4, 2023, Branch One of the Revolutionary Court in Rasht sentenced labor and civil activist Sharifeh Mohammadi to death on charges of “rebellion.” Mohammadi […]
Sirous Fathi, the husband of labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, was released from Lakan Prison in Rasht after posting bail. According to Kolbarnews, quoting the Coordination Committee for the Help of Establishing Labor Organizations, Sirous Fathi was released on Thursday, June 20, 2024. The report indicates that Sirous Fathi’s release was […]
Sirous Fathi, the husband of labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi who is imprisoned in Lakan Prison in Rasht, remains in detention and without clear charges in the Intelligence Detention Center in Rasht despite being arrested eight days ago. According to Kolbarnews, Sirous Fathi has been in detention since his arrest by […]
Six months after her arrest, the date for the court session to address the charges against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi has been set. According to Kolbarnews, after six months of detention and uncertainty, Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labor activist held in the quarantine ward of Lakan Prison in Rasht, will have […]
The Revolutionary Appeal Court in Rasht has upheld sentences totaling more than 60 years in prison for Gilan’s women’s rights activists. According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, Branch 11 of the Rasht Revolutionary Appeal Court, presided over by Judge Mohammad Sadegh Iran Aqideh, confirmed the prison sentences without […]
Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labor activist, remains in indefinite detention at Lakan Prison in Rasht more than 160 days after her arrest. According to Kolbarnews, Sharifeh Mohammadi is still in custody. Despite the passage of 166 days since her arrest, she remains in an uncertain state in the quarantine ward of Lakan […]