The lawyers for Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, two prominent Iranian journalists, have announced that the Tehran Appeals Court has sentenced each of them to six years in prison. Initially, they were sentenced to a combined 25 years in prison in the preliminary court. According to Kolbarnews, the Tehran Appeals […]
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The judiciary of the Islamic Republic has sentenced Pakhshan Azizi, a women’s rights activist and social worker in Kurdistan, to death, following the earlier death sentence of Sharifeh Mohammadi, a labor activist in Gilan. Pakhshan Azizi, an educated social worker and political activist from Mahabad, was first arrested on November […]
Following the end of the sham presidential elections, pressure on civil activists, especially women’s movement activists, has increased. The Islamic Republic, reeling from the heavy blow of the “Election Boycott Movement” and seeing the threat of widespread public anger, has resorted to retaliatory actions against civil movement activists and even […]
Zohreh Dadras and Zahra Dadras, women’s rights activists in Gilan, have been arrested and transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht to serve their prison sentences. According to Kolbarnews, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, Zohreh Dadras and Zahra Dadras were detained. Abolfazl Ghorbani, the lawyer representing these two women’s rights activists, […]
The prison and monetary penalty sentences for “Atefeh Rangriz,” a women’s rights activist, have been executed in Shahroud Prison. According to Kolbarnews, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, the execution of sentences included a 6 million toman fine from the October 2023 case for the charges of “collaboration and membership in […]
Writer; Saeed AmaniTranslate from Kurdish; Roman Mireki What is a revolution? a revolution is a fundamental change, a major change in the life of society. Revolution in sociology means the collapse of an old and failed social system and its replacement by a new and more credible social system.For example, […]
Hajer Saeidi, a labor and women’s rights activist from Sanandaj, has served 7 months and 7 days of her one-year prison sentence in the women’s ward of Sanandaj prison. According to Kolbarnews, Hajer Saeidi was arrested on May 18, 2023, by Sanandaj Intelligence officers while visiting the family of Hooman […]
Atefeh Rangriz, a writer, translator, and women’s rights activist, was arrested and transferred to Shahroud prison following a court session addressing her charges. According to Kolbarnews, on Saturday, June 29, 2024, Atefeh Rangriz, a writer, translator, and women’s rights activist, was arrested. The report states that after the court session […]
In a traffic accident involving a pickup truck carrying female agricultural workers in Dezful, Khuzestan Province, seven people were injured. According to Kolbarnews, on the morning of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, a pickup truck carrying agricultural workers on the road leading to Chahar Rah Avoj in Dezful, Khuzestan Province, seven […]
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 […]