Political prisoners

Nearly 45 inmates in Fashafouyeh Prison in southern Tehran are to be isolated from the general prison population and punitively placed...

Political prisoner Jafar Eghdami has been on a three-day hunger strike since Wednesday, while also shaving his hair in protest...

Against customary practice the Iranian judiciary prohibited furlough for political prisoners on “Nowruz”, marking the Iranian calendar new year. Arash...

Prisoner of conscience and human rights defender Arash Sadeghi is being tortured by the Revolutionary Guards through refusal of his...

Political prisoner Shahram Purmansouri has been denied furlough even under a heavy bail despite being imprisoned for 17 years. The...

Ali Shariati and Soheil Arabi, political prisoners held in ward 7 of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, have been deprived of...

Political prisoner Eassa Saharkhiz was assaulted in a heart hospital. One of the staff of the Prisons Organization and two...

Vahid Sayadi Nasiri, a political prisoner, has been held in Ward 4 of Tehran's Evin Prison since November 12th where...

Political prisoners Emadodin Molazehi and Hafez Yaghub Jahandide were sentenced to 15 and 10 years behind bars, respectively. They were...

Political prisoner Arash Sadeghi, held in Tehran’s Evin Prison, was banned from being transferred to a hospital on Tuesday under...