Mahsa Zarei, a civil and cultural activist from Kermanshah, has been released on bail after one week in detention. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, June 1, 2025, Mahsa Zarei was temporarily released pending the completion of legal proceedings, after spending a week in detention. Her release was secured through a […]
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Three residents of Urmia were arrested by security forces during a nighttime raid and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on the evening of Monday, May 26, 2025, Raena Khorran and Rozhan Khorran, two sisters from Urmia, along with their uncle Jalal Farrokhi, residents of the “Ziveh Margavar” […]
A court session to review the charges against Leyla Pashaei and Baran Saedi, women’s rights activists in the city of Sanandaj, was held in Branch 2 of the Revolutionary Court of this city. According to Kolbarnews, on Monday, May 26, 2025, a court session was held to address the charges […]
Mahsa Zarei, a 33-year-old cultural and women’s rights activist from the city of Kermanshah, has been arrested by security forces and taken to an undisclosed location. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, May 25, 2025, security agents raided her home without presenting a judicial warrant, conducted a search, and arrested her. […]
Bafrin Maroufi, a 43-year-old resident of Bukan, has been arrested and transferred to the Urmia Central Women’s Prison to serve a sentence of 4 months and 6 days. According to Kolbarnews, on Sunday, May 25, 2025, Maroufi was taken into custody to begin serving her prison term. This arrest comes […]
Soheila Motaei, a civil activist from Dehgolan, has been summoned to Branch 102 of the Second Criminal Court of this city on charges of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic.” According to Kolbarnews, Soheila Motaei received an official summons issued on May 11, 2025, requiring her to appear in court on […]
Branch 31 of the Court of Administrative Justice upheld the dismissal of Somayeh Akhtarshemar, a labor union activist and teacher from Marivan, rejecting her appeal and confirming the initial ruling. According to Kolbarnews, citing the Telegram channel of the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, the dismissal of Somayeh […]
The conviction of Bayan Salehian, an internal medicine specialist from Saqqez and resident of Urmia, was fully upheld by Branch 9 of the West Azerbaijan Court of Appeals. Previously, she had been sentenced by Branch 111 of the Urmia Criminal Court to five months in prison and a fine of […]
Sirveh Pourmohammadi, a member of the cultural and social association “Nozhin”, has been summoned to begin serving a five-year prison sentence. According to Kolbarnews, she received an official summons to begin serving her sentence. In December 2024, the Kurdistan Province Court of Appeals sentenced her to five years in prison […]
Nazanin Elyasi, a citizen from the city of Mahabad, was released from Urmia prison after four months of detention by posting a bail of 4 billion tomans. According to Kolbarews, on Thursday, April 10, 2025, Nazanin Elyasi was temporarily released from Urmia prison upon posting a bail of 4 billion […]