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Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences
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Iran Moves to Silence Literary Voices with Arrests, Prison and Death Sentences

At Least 19 Writers and Poets Targeted in 2025, One Sentenced to Death “Lawyers working on such cases face threats, stigmatization, fabricated charges, arrest and disbarment” May 20, 2025 — An intensifying campaign of repression is sweeping across Iran, targeting poets, writers, and literary figures in a bid to silence independent voices. Over the past four and a half months alone, at least 19 individuals have been arrested, summoned, or interro…Read Article
Maryam Karimi Sentenced to Prison Under Electronic Monitoring
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Maryam Karimi Sentenced to Prison Under Electronic Monitoring

HRANA News Agency – Maryam Karimi, a tour guide and resident of Rasht, has been sentenced by the Gilan Province Appeals Court to two years and seven months of imprisonment under electronic monitoring. She had previously received a one-year suspended prison sentence from the Rasht Revolutionary Court in another part of her case. In a public post, Ms. Karimi stated that she had been sentenced to two years and seven months of monitored imprisonment…Read Article
Manouchehr Fallah Sentenced to Death on the Pretext of Causing Damage to the Rasht Courthouse Building
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Manouchehr Fallah Sentenced to Death on the Pretext of Causing Damage to the Rasht Courthouse Building

The death sentence issued for political prisoner Manouchehr Fallah, currently held in Lakan Prison in Rasht, reveals that the Revolutionary Court judge based the charge of moharebeh (waging war against God) on the very minor financial damage done to the door and facade of the Rasht courthouse. According to the Rasht Revolutionary Court ruling, Fallah […]Read Article

Iran wants to execute poet Sheyda for political poems

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His real name is Peyman Farahavar, his dissident poems he publishes in Iran under the pseudonym Sheyda. For this poetry he has now been sentenced to death in a rapid trial in the notorious Lakan prison of the city of Rasht.Rasht · RashtRead Article

Appeals Court Upholds Over 5-Year Sentence for Azerbaijani-Turk Activist Vadood Asadi

HRANA News Agency –The Gilan Province Appeals Court has upheld the five-year-and-six-month prison sentence of Vadood Asadi, an Azerbaijani-Turk activist currently detained in Evin Prison. The verdict was confirmed without any changes. A source close to Asadi’s family told HRANA that the sentence, originally issued by Branch 3 of the Rasht Revolutionary Court, was reaffirmed by Branch 11 of the Gilan Appeals Court. Asadi was convicted on charges …Rasht · RashtRead Article

Younes Azadbar Arrested by Security Forces

HRANA News Agency – Younes Azadbar, a resident of Rasht County, was arrested today by IRGC Intelligence agents and transferred to their facility for interrogation. A source close to Azadbar’s family confirmed the news to HRANA and said: “Mr. Azadbar was arrested a few minutes ago at his home by IRGC Intelligence agents without a court warrant and was taken for questioning. At the same time, his home was searched, and personal belongings, includi…Rasht · RashtRead Article

Mahmoud Sedighipour Arrested Following Summons by Security Police

HRANA News Agency – Yesterday, April 30, Mahmoud Sedighipour, a teachers’ union activist in Gilan Province, was summoned and subsequently arrested by the Security Police. According to the Coordinating Council of Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations, Mr. Sedighipour was summoned to the Security Police in Rasht this afternoon, where he was then arrested. Earlier in the day, he had been interrogated and threatened by the same agency for refusing to…Rasht · RashtRead Article

Is Russia behind the delay in the construction of the Astara–Rasht railway? – Aze.Media

Recently, tensions between Tehran and Baku have been rising, driven by the active rapprochement between Azerbaijan and Turkey, with whom Iran has complicated reTelegram · RashtRead Article

Charge of “Baghi” Against Karim Khojasteh

Illegal Detention and Transfer to Lakan Prison in Rasht In the final days of the Persian year of 1403, Karim Khojasteh, an industrial activist and former political prisoner, was arrested by security forces under the heavy and vague charge of “baghi” and transferred to Lakan Prison in Rasht. This arrest took place on March 13, 2025, while Khojasteh was at his workplace in the city of Khomam. Without providing any explanation or new evidence, he w…Rasht · RashtRead Article

Iranian activist sentenced to 178 lashes, 18 months in prison for not wearing a hijab, 20 days after her release from prison on other charges

Iranian Gilak activist and former political prisoner, Hamideh Zarei, had been released earlier this month from Rasht Central Prison after spending nearly a month behind bars The Tehran University graduate student has again been hit with a new sentence of 178 lashes and 18 months in prison Sentence includes nine months of imprisonment and 74 lashes…Rasht · RashtRead Article

DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL IS IMPUNITY AND A TRAVERSTY OF JUSTICE – Foroyaa Newspaper

The Gambian nation should hang its head in shame that someone who voluntarily submitted himself to justice has been denied justice in cold blood. Bora Colley has been in detention since 24th August, 2024. The Foroyaa editorial advisers are alarmed that he has been in detention without trial without the paper pursuing and exposing the violation of his right as it has always done until the sad news of his death is received. We strongly apologise f…Justice · RashtSee the Story

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