Political Prisoners

On Tuesday, September 19, Khaled Pirzadeh, a former political prisoner, was apprehended by security forces in Ahvaz and subsequently transported to an undisclosed location. According ...

Narges Mohammadi, a prominent political prisoner currently housed at Evin Prison, has suffered physical abuse at the hands of a prison official in the infirmary ...

Iranian Women's Rights Activist Atefeh Rangriz was arrested and sent to Semnan Prison, 200 km from Tehran. According to reports from the Iranian Women's Association's ...

Damghan, Semnan Province – On Sunday, September 10, Atefeh Rangriz was apprehended by security forces at her mother’s residence and subsequently confined in Semnan Prison. ...

In a letter, Iranian political prisoner, Saeed Masouri, described the conditions of Ghezel Hesar prison as inhumane and warned that political prisoners may be murdered ...

Soheila Mohammadi, an Iranian Kurdish political prisoner held at Urmia central prison in northwestern Iran, has gone on hunger strike and sewn her lips shut, ...

Authorities in Türkiye have deported an Iranian political activist who had been residing in the country without proper legal documentation.

The U.S.-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) says politically motivated executions in Iran are increasing "dramatically" as authorities use capital punishment as a ...

Another Iranian Kurdish political prisoner has succumbed to his injuries after being tortured in detention, human rights activists reported. Peyman Galvani, 24, a resident of ...