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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...

Critical Condition of Political Prisoner Somayeh Rashidi; On the Verge of Death in Qarchak Prison

Somayeh Rashidi, a 42-year-old political prisoner, was transferred to the hospital in critical condition after several severe seizures and neglect by the authorities of...

Death Sentence Issued for a Political Prisoner in Iran

On Monday, September 8, the Iranian regime’s judiciary informed political prisoner Pejman Toubere Rizi, who is held in Evin Prison, of his death sentence...

Continued detention and torture of Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi

Mohammad Banazadeh Amirkhizi, a 79-year-old political prisoner and a survivor from the justice-seeking families of the 1980s, is still being held under very difficult...

Amnesty International Warns About the Destruction of Graves of Thousands of Dissidents

Following the admission by Tehran’s deputy mayor regarding plans to build a parking lot in Section 41 of Behesht-e Zahra cemetery, Amnesty International condemned...

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Retirees Keep the Flame of Civil Protest Alive in Iran

Retirees in Iran are now forced to take to the streets in the scorching heat of summer and the...

United States Launches Major Attack on Iranian Regime Targets

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says the latest strikes were a response to missile attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard...

Iranian Regime Backs Down on Executions Over Ghezel Hesar Prison Hunger Strike

After 16 days of a widespread hunger strike by approximately 1,500 death row prisoners in Unit 2 of Ghezel...

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Iran: Two women’s rights activists sentenced to jail

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