Arrests

In what appears to be a fearful reaction to growing social protests, the clerical regime has resorted to widespread arrests...

Security forces arrested former political prisoner Seyyed Javad Seyedi during a gathering of retirees in Tehran on July 2 and...

Labor activist Reyhaneh Ansarinejad has remained in detention on remand in Evin Prison’s Intelligence Ministry Ward 209. She has been...

Nearly two months after being arrested, labor activists Asadollahi and Keyvan Mohtadi remain in detention in Ward 209 of Evin...

Teachers’ rights activist Masoud Nikkhah is still in detention since May 1, when he was arrested for taking part in...

Ronak Rezaei, who was arrested during the protests over the Metropol building collapse, was transferred to Sepidar Prison in Ahvaz...

Two Baha'i citizens living in Shiraz were arrested by security forces on Sunday, June 26, and taken to an unknown...

Amirsalar Davoodi, a human rights activist and lawyer who was temporarily released from prison in June last year after about...

Amin Ansarifar, the father of slain protester Farzad Ansarifar turned himself in to begin serving his sentence in Behbahan Prison....

Security forces arrested 22 tourists in the summer heights of the Amlash region of Gilan Province last weekend. Some local...