Political Prisoners

The Revolutionary Court of Mahabad sentenced political prisoner Mohammad Moradi, a resident of a village in Piranshahr County, to 15 years imprisonment in exile in ...

Iranian prison authorities have reportedly refused to allow activist Sepideh Gholian (Qolian) sick leave on grounds of severe Covid-19 symptoms.

In an audio message from Evin Prison, a political prisoner has informed IranWire that five prisoners who had protested the death of Baktash Abtin are ...

A prison sentence imposed on January 15, 2022, against a prominent rights defender demonstrates Iranian authorities’ commitment to crush any grassroots human rights efforts, Human ...

Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern for the lives of three jailed political activists in Iran who have been transferred to detention centers known to ...

An Iranian court has sentenced leading human rights campaigner Narges Mohammedi to eight years in prison and over 70 lashes, her husband announced on Sunday, ...

Vafaei, aged 26, a boxing champion from Mashhad, was arrested in March 2020 on the charges of supporting the Iranian opposition group, the People’s Mojahedin ...

Political activist, Mohammad Javad Vafai was sentenced to death by Mashhad’s Revolutionary Court on the charge of “spreading corruption on earth”.

Six political prisoners imprisoned at the Greater Tehran Penitentiary were taken to court on January 8 to face new charges, just months after they were ...