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Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran

Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike Highlights Plight of Religious and Political Prisoners in Iran

October 23, 2025

Nasim Simiyari Protests Iran’s Brutal Persecution of Baha’is, Demands Release ...

Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance

Iran’s New Tactics to Crush Mandatory Hijab Resistance: Business Raids and Surveillance

October 15, 2025

Closures, Undercover Agents, and Prosecutions Replace Street Patrols in New Phase of Mandatory ...

Iran’s Qarchak Prison: A Place of Death That Must Be Closed

Iran’s Qarchak Prison: A Place of Death That Must Be Closed

October 7, 2025

Three Women Prisoners Dead in Ten Days After Denial of Medical ...

Three Years After Bloody Friday, Iran Shields Commanders Behind the Massacre of Over 100 Protesters

Three Years After Bloody Friday, Iran Shields Commanders Behind the Massacre of Over 100 Protesters

September 30, 2025

"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

45 Women Political Prisoners in Iran Blame Authorities for Death of Somayeh Rashidi After Deliberate Denial of Medical Care

September 25, 2025

Woman Political Prisoner in Iran Is Dead After Deliberate ...

Wave of Unlawful Arrests Targets Iran’s Minority Children 

Wave of Unlawful Arrests Targets Iran’s Minority Children 

September 24, 2025

Children Held Incommunicado, Without Any Access to Families or Lawyers “The number ...

Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison

Lives at Risk: An Urgent Call from Inside Evin Prison

September 22, 2025

A letter from imprisoned Iranian lawyers urging immediate medical ...

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity

Iran Intensifies Crackdown on Teachers: Dozens Arrested, Fired, or Sentenced for Peaceful Union Activity

September 17, 2025

At Least 45 Teachers Unlawfully Targeted During Summer School Break “The ...

‘They see us as targets’: Iran’s Brutal Repression of Journalistic Freedom

‘They see us as targets’: Iran’s Brutal Repression of Journalistic Freedom

September 3, 2025

‘Don’t step outside your house. You are going to ...

UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions

UN Human Rights Chief Demands Iran Cease All Executions

September 2, 2025

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

Iran’s Destruction of Graves from 1980s State Massacres Must Be Condemned

August 26, 2025

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

Scores of Political Prisoners Will Be Executed in Iran Without an International Outcry

August 21, 2025

Numerous Prisoners at Imminent Risk as International Attention is Focused Elsewhere Governments ...

Crushing Dissent Outside the Spotlight in Iran’s Provincial Cities

Crushing Dissent Outside the Spotlight in Iran’s Provincial Cities

August 12, 2025

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

‘Bloody Saturday’ in Ghezel Hesar: Testimony from Political Prisoners Expose Brutal Assault and Executions by Iranian Authorities

August 11, 2025

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

Over 1,300 Activists Demand End to Iran’s Brutal Anti-Afghan Crackdown

August 5, 2025

“Deporting ‘illegal migrants’ is a euphemism for inhumane treatment ...

14 Countries Condemn Iran’s Plots to ‘Kill, Kidnap and Harass’ Citizens Abroad

14 Countries Condemn Iran’s Plots to ‘Kill, Kidnap and Harass’ Citizens Abroad

August 1, 2025

Journalists, Dissidents, Jewish Citizens, and Officials Targeted by Intelligence ...

Iran: Proposed Cyber Bill Gives Authorities Sweeping New Powers to Block and Punish Online Content

Iran: Proposed Cyber Bill Gives Authorities Sweeping New Powers to Block and Punish Online Content

July 29, 2025

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

UN Rights Chief Calls for Death Penalty Moratorium in Iran as Executions Skyrocket

July 28, 2025

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

‘They Said My Body Would Be Dumped in a Lake’: Kurdish Political Prisoner Details Brutal Torture in Detention

July 22, 2025

 “We haven’t registered your name anywhere as a ...

Iran: Political Death Sentences Surge in Brutal Crackdown on Minorities

Iran: Political Death Sentences Surge in Brutal Crackdown on Minorities

July 16, 2025

Torture, Forced Confessions and Sham Trials Drive Deadly State Campaign Against Kurds and Arabs July 16, 2025 — The Iranian government is ...

Iran Forcibly Deports Nearly 600,000 Afghan Migrants Amid Post-War Crackdown

Iran Forcibly Deports Nearly 600,000 Afghan Migrants Amid Post-War Crackdown

July 9, 2025

Arrests and Deportations Follow Baseless Charges of Spying for Israel State ...

Firsthand Account from Evin Prisoners: Trapped Between Israel’s Unlawful Attacks and Iranian Authorities’ Shocking Abuses

Firsthand Account from Evin Prisoners: Trapped Between Israel’s Unlawful Attacks and Iranian Authorities’ Shocking Abuses

July 7, 2025

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Op-Ed: Iran Is Terrorizing Its Own Citizens. The World Needs to Respond.

Op-Ed: Iran Is Terrorizing Its Own Citizens. The World Needs to Respond.

July 4, 2025

This article was originally published in The New York Times ...

Iran Launches Sweeping Crackdown: Hundreds Detained, Executions Underway

Iran Launches Sweeping Crackdown: Hundreds Detained, Executions Underway

June 26, 2025

U.S. Must Confront Iran Over Human Rights Abuses in Upcoming Talks June ...

Lives of Prisoners in Iran in Immediate Danger

Lives of Prisoners in Iran in Immediate Danger

June 23, 2025

Global Leaders Must Demand Emergency Protections and Immediate Release of Political ...

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  • Press Releases

    • Iranian Authorities Target Artists, Writers, and Poets in Escalating Crackdown
      October 6, 2026
    • 46 States Condemn Iran’s Escalating Use of the Death Penalty at UN Human Rights Council
      October 1, 2026
    • UN: Iranian Authorities Committed Crimes Against Humanity in January 2026 Suppression of Nationwide Protests
      September 24, 2026
    • The Cost of Impunity: Four Years After Jina Mahsa Amini’s Death, Thousands More Are Victims of Iran’s Brutal Repression
      September 16, 2026
    • Iran's Sweeping New Bill Threatens to Isolate Its People From the World
      September 15, 2026
    • Ten Civil Society Groups Inside Iran Vow to Continue the Struggle for Freedom Ahead of Fourth Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s
      September 9, 2026
    • UN Fact-Finding Mission Urges Iran to Withdraw Bill Criminalizing Contact With Foreign Entities
      September 3, 2026
    • The Court of History Film Broadcast to Millions in Iran, Envisioning Justice and Accountability in a Future Iran
      August 25, 2026
    • Iran’s New Weapon: Group Prosecutions of Protesters Send Dozens Toward the Gallows
      August 12, 2026
    • UN Experts Urge Iran to End Escalating Targeting of Ethnic Minorities
      August 10, 2026
    • Iran Intensifies Nationwide Crackdown on Teachers and Union Activists
      July 28, 2026
    • UN Fact-Finding Mission Urgently Calls on Iran to Immediately Halt Executions
      July 27, 2026
    • Authorities Escalate Crackdown on Iranian Students Amid Post-War Repression
      July 16, 2026
    • Civilians Must Be Protected At All Times During War
      July 15, 2026
    • Iran Intensifies Assault on Independent Lawyers Amid Expanding Post-War Crackdown
      June 18, 2026
    • As Executions Surge in Iran, Prisoners Risk Their Lives to Protest the State's Killings
      June 8, 2026
    • A Collective Call from Inside Iran for Free and Equal Internet Access
      May 28, 2026
    • Iran’s Baha’i Community Under Intensified State Attack Amid Escalating Domestic Repression
      May 19, 2026
    • Iran’s Execution Machine: Political Hangings Surge as Dozens Face Imminent Death
      April 30, 2026
    • UN Rights Chief Urges Halt to Executions, Warns of Escalating Repression Iran
      April 29, 2026
    • 30 Legal Groups Call for Immediate Release of Detained Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and Her Husband Reza Khandan
      April 14, 2026
    • Attacks on Essential Infrastructure Will Have Catastrophic Consequences for Millions of Civilians Across the Region
      April 6, 2026
    • At least 1,500 Arrested in Iran as State Intensifies Domestic Crackdown
      March 31, 2026
    • Opinion: Iran is already ramping up its next war. Guess who the ‘enemy’ is.
      March 25, 2026
    • Three Protesters Publicly Hanged in Iran; Dozens More At Imminent Risk of Execution
      March 19, 2026
    • Civilians Must Be Protected Across the Middle East
      March 5, 2026
    • Grave Concerns for the Safety of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Iran
      March 2, 2026
    • Iran’s Machinery of Repression Escalates: Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, Enforced Disappearances, and Death Sentences After Protest Massacre
      February 25, 2026
    • UN Experts Demand Iran Reveal Fate of Detainees, Halt Executions
      February 20, 2026
    • Op-Ed: Iran’s Protests Have Ended. The State’s Terror Campaign Has Not.
      February 16, 2026
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