Iran Human Rights

Iran

Amnesty International: 2,159 People Executed in Iran in 2025

In a new report, Amnesty International stated that the Iranian regime carried out at least 2,159 executions in 2025, marking the highest number of...
Mehdi Hosseini -
Iran

Iran’s ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’ campaign marks 121st week

The “No to Execution Tuesdays” campaign entered its 121st week on Tuesday, May 19. Prisoners participating in the campaign called for global action against...
Sia Rajabi -
Iran

77 Days of Internet Shutdown, A Tool of Control and a Sign of Tehran’s Real Fears

The crisis of internet shutdowns in Iran has entered a new phase. 77 days of internet cuts, widespread disruptions, a sharp decline in access...
Jubin Katiraie -
Iran

Targeted Repression of Iranian Women, From Mass Arrests to Death Sentences

Women in Iran have faced a wave of widespread arrests and targeted repression; a wave that indicates a planned intensification of control amid the...
Mehdi Hosseini -
Iran

Iranian Political Prisoner Mohammad Abbasi Hanged in Ghezel Hesar Prison

In the early hours of Wednesday, May 13, the judiciary of the Iranian regime executed Mohammad Abbasi, a 55-year-old prisoner arrested during the January...
Mehdi Hosseini -
Iran

Message from a Political Prisoner Inside Iran’s Prisons

Imprisoned student Amirhossein Moradi, responding to an offer by the Iranian regime’s judiciary to grant him a pardon, declared that he does not want...
Jubin Katiraie -
Iran

Record Number of Imprisoned Writers Worldwide. Iran Ranks Second with 53 Jailed Writers

PEN America announced in its latest annual report on the state of freedom of expression worldwide that the number of imprisoned writers in 2025...
Hoshang Amiri -
Iran

120th Week of ‘No to Execution Tuesdays’: Political Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in 56 Iranian Prisons Amid Escalating Crackdown

On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, political prisoners across 56 prisons in Iran launched a renewed hunger strike, marking the 120th consecutive week of the...
Sia Rajabi -
1234...338Page 3 of 338

Latest news

Iran

Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...
Iran

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...
General

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

Must read

Iran

Internet Shutdowns Have Devastated the Livelihoods of Millions of Iranians

Following widespread and repeated internet shutdowns in Iran ordered...
Iran

Bread Prices and the New Wave of Price Increases and Rationing in Iran

In recent days, the issue of bread prices has...

You might also likeRELATED
Recommended to you

Iran General News

A financial hit on Iran?

TIME: Ahead of this week's U.N. Security Council deadline...
Ram -
Iran General News

McCain Praises Iranian Resistance

Iran Focus London, 18 Apr - Senator John McCain...
Staff Writer -
Iran General News

Gates to say Iran is shared threat to Gulf region

Reuters: Defense Secretary Robert Gates will argue on Saturday...
Ram -