Political prisoners

Two political prisoners sentenced to death, Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, remain detained in the high-security ward of Qezel-Hesar Prison...

On Wednesday, January 29, 2025, political prisoner Saeed Masouri addressed a letter to Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner...

Khashayar Sefidi, a political prisoner and incarcerated student, has gone on a hunger strike to protest the transfer of two...

On the morning of Sunday, January 26, 2025, Iranian authorities forcibly transferred political prisoners Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, both...

Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal to halt the impending execution of six men in Iran, a case previously...

In the latest wave of restrictions against female political prisoners in Evin Prison, nine detainees, including Varisheh Moradi and Pakshan...

Mehran Gharebaghi, a political prisoner held at Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz, has entered his sixth year of incarceration. Despite his...

Moghim Asgari, a 70-year-old political prisoner, is serving a 22-month sentence in Choubindar Prison, Qazvin, under dire conditions. His deteriorating...

Political prisoner Shahryar Baratynia, a human rights activist, poet, author, and translator from Yasuj, Iran, has faced relentless pressure from...

Authorities at Qarchak Prison in Varamin have denied the political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared in-person family visits, including her children....