Political prisoners

Heavy prison sentences totaling over 91 years were issued against 14 civil activists in Tabriz, raising concerns over due process...

Saeed Masouri, one of Iran’s longest-held political prisoners, has been denied all family visits at Qezel Hesar Prison by order...

Iran has sentenced 64-year-old political prisoner Karim Khojasteh to death solely for hanging a protest banner. The ruling, issued under...

Iranian political prisoner Ehsan Rostami faces the charge of “baghi”, an offense under Iran’s penal code that can carry the...

An Iranian political prisoner, Bijan Kazemi, remains arbitrarily detained in Evin Prison after nearly eleven months without formal charges, legal...

Zeynab Hezbapour, the wife of Masoud Jamei, a political prisoner sentenced to two death penalties, has been transferred to the...

This report documents the severe deterioration of health among three Iranian political prisoners—Manouchehr Fallah, Peyman Farahavar, and Yaghoub Derakhshan—held in...

This urgent report documents the imminent risk of execution facing Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, a 30-year-old Iranian boxing champion and...

Parisa Kamali, a political prisoner held in Yazd Central Prison, has entered the tenth day of her hunger strike. She...

This analytical human rights report documents the severe and escalating health crisis of Iranian political prisoner Fatemeh Ziaei Azad, a...