Political Prisoners

On Tuesday, August 4, prisoners of conscience Behnam Mahjoubifar and Behnam Mousivand were brutally attacked in Evin Prison by several financial convicts with no justification. ...

The Iranian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani on Thursday and his case has been transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office ...

Majid Assadi, a political prisoner in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, has been on hunger strike for the past 21 days following his transfer to ...

Heydar Ghorbani, a Kurdish political prisoner in Iran is facing imminent execution. On Wednesday, August 5, Branch 27 of Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death ...

There have been several attacks on political prisoners in Iran’s jails in the past few days. The attacks were carried out by common prisoners incited ...

Majid Assadi, Mohammad Bannazadeh Amirkhizi and Payam Shakiba imprisoned at Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj were summoned to the Evin prison prosecutor’s office today and ...

Six political activists, along with Farangis Mazloum, Soheil Arabi's mother, were sentenced to prison by Branch 29 of the Revolutionary Court

Seven Iranian political activists have been sentenced to prison on vague and trumped-up charges by Judge Seyyed Ali Mazloum of Branch 29 of the Tehran ...

A revolutionary court in Tehran has sentenced seven political activists to prison. The verdict was issued by the Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court ...

Iran Human Rights Monitor released its report into the situation of human rights in Iran in June 2020 this week, specifically highlighting a crackdown on ...

Iranian political prisoner Narges Mohammadi has spoken out about the horrific psychological torture that she is suffering in Zanjan Prison, forced to hear and watch ...