Political prisoners

Kurdish political prisoner Yousef Kakehmami, already serving nine years in prison, has been sentenced to an extra five years behind...

Three political prisoners in Rajayishahr prison, west of Tehran have launched a three-day hunger strike to honor the events of...

Kurdish political prisoner Saeid Sangar, serving his 17th year of a life sentence in Urmia Prison, northwest of Iran, is...

Two inmates named Hossein and Asgar Taghavi, imprisoned in Tabriz Central Prison, northwest of Iran, went to the prison emergency...

Political prisoner Mohammadali Mansouri has been denied furlough and release on bail despite being imprisoned for nine years and suffering...

Political prisoners Khaled Heradani and Ebrahim Firouzi wrote a letter to Asma Jahangir, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights...

Iran’s judicial authorities treat political prisoners like dangerous criminals, imposing inhuman conditions and mental tortures on them.   Majid Asadi,...

A human rights activist and child rights advocate has launched a hunger strike protesting prison sentences issued for her sisters,...

Iranian political prisoners are being placed under increased pressure by the authorities, according to recently released reports. Political prisoner Vahid...

Political prisoners and prisoners of conscience are being put under pressure by prison authorities through being denied furlough or sick...