Political prisoners

Execution of two political prisoners in Iran after unfair trials; secret executions raise urgent concerns over due process, torture, and...

On March 23, 2026 (3 Farvardin 1405), only three days into the Iranian New Year, Hamzeh Khalili, the First Deputy...

On the 21st day of the massive internet blackout and on the eve of the Persian New Year (Nowruz), the...

While only about 40 days have passed since the January 2026 uprising, the judicial apparatus of the Islamic Republic knows...

This report documents the execution of Aqil Keshavarz, a 27-year-old architecture student, in Iran’s Urmia Central Prison following conviction on...

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,...