Political prisoners

Introduction Mohammad Ali Akbari Monfared, a 58-year-old political prisoner and survivor of the 1980s mass repression, is currently held in...

The Iranian judiciary has confirmed the execution of Babak Shahbazi, a 44-year-old air conditioning technician and father of two, in...

Early this morning, Iranian authorities executed political prisoner Mehran Bahramian, 32, at Dastgerd Prison in the city of Isfahan. Bahramian,...

The Iranian regime has used heavy machinery to demolish and flatten graves in Section 41 of Behesht Zahra Cemetery -...

While international organizations, human rights defenders, and families of political prisoners had been working for months to prevent political executions,...

On the morning of Monday, June 16, 2025, the death sentence of Esmail Fekri, accused of "espionage for Mossad," was...

A Stark Example of Injustice, Human Rights Violations, and State-Orchestrated Framing At dawn on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, the execution...

Saeed Masouri’s Revelation of the Machinery Behind Executions in Iran In a harrowing letter, Saeed Masouri, a long-time political prisoner...

Sixth Co-Defendant at Imminent Risk of Execution Amid Reports of Torture and Coerced Confessions Iranian authorities have executed five Sunni...

In an incident that raised human rights concerns, Salar Taher Afshar, a young protester from Urmia, was arrested at his...