Torture

Amid numerous reports regarding the suppression of the 2009 popular protests in Iran, the case of covert detention centers in...

On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, this report examines how torture, forced confessions, impunity, and repression...

Ayoub Porkar, a 70-year-old political prisoner and former Air Force pilot, has spent over 17 years behind bars without a...

Ahvaz – October 14, 2025 (23 Mehr 1404) Only one day after his arrest, Hassan Saedi, a 34-year-old cultural activist...

Death of Political Prisoner Somayeh Rashidi, 42, After Ten Days in a Coma Somayeh Rashidi, a 42-year-old political prisoner suffering...

Five political prisoners held in Sheiban Prison in Ahvaz—Mokhtar Alboushokeh, Mostafa Helichi, Reza Hezbavi, Abbas Saeedi, and Amer Machasebeh—have reportedly...

In a shocking and deeply disturbing act that violates fundamental principles of human rights, the sentence of amputating four fingers...

In the Detention Center of Tabriz Intelligence Office Karim Esmailzadeh, an Azerbaijani political and civil activist and world powerlifting champion,...

A Clear Example of Suppression of Freedom of Expression in Iran On the morning of Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the...

As Iran reels from the unprecedented bombing of Tehran’s Evin Prison, reports indicate a simultaneous intensification of repression against political...