Eight Political Prisoners at Grave Risk of Execution as Death Sentences Upheld
At least 42 Political Prisoners Currently Sentenced to Death in Iran Case of ...
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Victim of Child Marriage Faces Execution in Iran
Execution Scheduled for December Unless $90K Paid for Killing Abusive Husband Denied Lawyer During ...
Writers and Scholars Arrested and Held Incommunicado in Iran
Whereabouts Unknown, No Contact with Families or Lawyers Iranian Authorities' Attack on Intellectuals Meant ...
Iran Shuts Down Oldest NGO Supporting Vulnerable Children, Detains Founder
NGO Leader Held Without Charge, Whereabouts Unknown, Denied Access to Family ...
UN: Iran’s Surge in Unlawful Executions May Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
November 3, 2025 — The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran ...
Iran’s Rappers: Voices of Dissent, Targets of the State
Artists Face Arrests, Torture, Forced Confessions, Prison October 27, 2025 — In ...
Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran
Nasim Simiyari Protests Iran’s Brutal Persecution of Baha’is, Demands ...
Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance
Closures, Undercover Agents, and Prosecutions Replace Street Patrols in New Phase ...
Iran’s Qarchak Prison: A Place of Death That Must Be Closed
Three Women Prisoners Dead in Ten Days After Denial ...
Three Years After Bloody Friday, Iran Shields Commanders Behind the Massacre of Over 100 Protesters
"We Killed Them; Take Your Blood Money" Low-Level Officers Receive Light Sentences, ...
45 Women Political Prisoners in Iran Blame Authorities for Death of Somayeh Rashidi After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care
Woman Political Prisoner in Iran Is Dead After Deliberate ...
Wave of Unlawful Arrests Targets Iran’s Minority Children
Children Held Incommunicado, Without Any Access to Families or Lawyers “The number ...
Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison
A letter from imprisoned Iranian lawyers urging immediate medical ...
Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity
At Least 45 Teachers Unlawfully Targeted During Summer School Break “The ...
‘They see us as targets’: Iran’s Brutal Repression of Journalistic Freedom
‘Don’t step outside your house. You are going to ...
UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions
UN Says Iran Uses the Death Penalty “as a Tool of State Intimidation” Condemns “Disproportionate ...
Iran’s Destruction of Graves from 1980s State Massacres Must Be Condemned
Paving Over Mass Graves Destroys Evidence of Crimes against Humanity August 26, ...
Scores of Political Prisoners Will Be Executed in Iran Without an International Outcry
Numerous Prisoners at Imminent Risk as International Attention is Focused Elsewhere Governments ...
Crushing Dissent Outside the Spotlight in Iran’s Provincial Cities
Arrests, Imprisonments, Death Sentences Surge in Small Towns Where Minorities Predominate State Agents, Judges, Prison Authorities ...
‘Bloody Saturday’ in Ghezel Hesar: Testimony from Political Prisoners Expose Brutal Assault and Executions by Iranian Authorities
Firsthand letter reveals coordinated attack, beatings, and execution of two political prisoners: ‘We’ll kill every last one ...
Over 1,300 Activists Demand End to Iran’s Brutal Anti-Afghan Crackdown
“Deporting ‘illegal migrants’ is a euphemism for inhumane treatment ...
14 Countries Condemn Iran’s Plots to ‘Kill, Kidnap and Harass’ Citizens Abroad
Journalists, Dissidents, Jewish Citizens, and Officials Targeted by Intelligence ...
Iran: Proposed Cyber Bill Gives Authorities Sweeping New Powers to Block and Punish Online Content
If Approved, Law Could Criminalize Any Content the Authorities Consider “False” July ...
UN Rights Chief Calls for Death Penalty Moratorium in Iran as Executions Skyrocket
At Least 48 People on Death Row, 12 at Imminent Risk of Execution “Proceedings consistently failed to ...
‘They Said My Body Would Be Dumped in a Lake’: Kurdish Political Prisoner Details Brutal Torture in Detention
“We haven’t registered your name anywhere as a ...