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Regime Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Political Prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafai Thani

Babak Paknia, the lawyer representing Mohammad Javad Vafai Thani, announced that despite “numerous flaws,” his client’s death sentence was confirmed by Branch 9 of...

Iran: At Least 200 People Executed in September, Including 7 Political Prisoners

According to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), Iran’s regime has carried out at least 200 executions in September, the highest number...

Silent Execution of Political Prisoners in Iran: Death Under Medical Deprivation

The death of Somayeh Rashidi, a jailed laborer in Qarchak Prison in Varamin, once again highlighted the longstanding issue of medical deprivation in Iran’s...

Iran’s Regime Sentences Political Prisoners to Death Under False Charges of Cooperation with Mossad

At the same time as the activation of United Nations sanctions, the Iranian regime’s judiciary used its repetitive trick of linking opposition members to...

Nine Months of Uncertainty for Four Political Prisoners in Iran

In late January 2025, Bijan Kazemi, Arghavan Fallahi, Amirhossein Akbari-Monfared, and Mohammad Ali Akbari-Monfared were each separately arrested, but a common scenario by Iran’s...

Iran: Political Prisoner Somayeh Rashidi Dies After Denial of Medical Care, Prisoners Commemorate Her Life

On Thursday, September 25, 2025, political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi, a 42-year-old garment worker and activist, died in Qarchak Prison after Iranian authorities systematically denied...

Iranian Regime Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence of Poet Peyman Farahavar

The death sentence of Peyman (Amin) Farahavar, a poet from Gilan imprisoned in Lakan Prison in Rasht, has been upheld by Branch 39 of...

Political Prisoner Bijan Kazemi on Hunger Strike in Protest to Violence of Intelligence Ministry Agents

Bijan Kazemi, a political prisoner who was arrested eight months ago by agents of the Intelligence Ministry, has been on hunger strike for five...

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Child Laborers: The Silent Victims of Poverty and Inflation in Iran

On June 15, the state-run Shargh newspaper published a report on child labor titled "Childhood on a Work Shift,"...

Iran’s Regime Executes Political Prisoners Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saedi

Iran's regime hanged two young men, Javad Zamani and Abolfazl Saedi, in the early hours of Tuesday, June 16,...

Iran’s Healthcare System on Verge of Crisis as Nurses Migrate En Masse

The crisis of nursing staff shortages in Iran, driven by the migration of nurses, has once again come into...

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

Women in Iran have faced a wave of widespread...

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