September 7, 2022

Political Prisoner Behnam Mousivand’s Life is in Danger

Authorities in Iran Intentionally Deny Critical Medical Attention to Political Prisoners September 7, 2022 – A political prisoner’s precarious health situation is ...

November 12, 2019

Man Imprisoned for Protesting Compulsory Hijab Punished by New Evin Prison Director

Farhad Meysami at a protest in Tehran beside current political prisoner and human rights attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh. Imprisoned ...

October 16, 2019

Reign of Evin Prison’s New Director Begins with Denial of Political Prisoners’ Rights

Female Prisoners of Conscience Denied Phone Contact with Children The appointment of Gholamreza Ziaei, former director of two disreputable prisons in Iran, as the new chief ...

September 25, 2019

Authorities Deny Prisoner of Conscience Saeed Shirzad Eye Operation, Access to Mother’s Funeral

Prisoner of conscience Saeed Shirzad has been imprisoned for over five years for attempting to help the children of political ...

July 10, 2019

UN Seriously Concerned Over Iran’s “Consistent Pattern” of Denying Prisoners Medical Treatment

UN Press Release, GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several months we have communicated to ...

February 12, 2019

Unable to Move His Arm, Arash Sadeghi Denied Hospitalization for Infected Biopsy Wound

“What’s certain is that he needs to be urgently hospitalized” Arash Sadeghi, a political prisoner in Iran, has lost the ...

December 12, 2018

Political Prisoner Saeed Shirzad Could Lose Kidney From Lack of Proper Medical Care

Iranian political prisoner Saeed Shirzad could lose a kidney if Iranian authorities continue to refuse to hospitalize him outside ...

October 1, 2018

Iran Should Immediately Free Political Prisoner Arash Sadeghi on Medical Grounds

Denial of Medical Care to Political Prisoners Routine in Iran October 1, 2018 – Iranian authorities should immediately free political prisoner Arash Sadeghi so he can ...

March 5, 2018

Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Subjected to Inhumane Living Conditions as Punishment For Hunger Strike

Inmates in the ward for political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison continue to be punished seven months after many of them went on hunger strike to protest their forced move to a high-security ward. Prison officials have denied ...

December 30, 2017

Political Prisoner Majid Assadi Denied Hospitalization in Rajaee Shahr Prison

Political prisoner Majid Assadi is being denied urgent hospitalization despite severe pain in his spine and digestive problems, the ...

December 22, 2017

Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Denied Basic Rights Including Heat in Cold Winter Months

“All they want to do is harass the political prisoners.” The authorities of Rajaee Shahr Prison are keeping ...

December 18, 2017

Iran’s Judiciary Should Free Labor Activist Reza Shahabi Who Suffered Stroke

Update: Reza Shahabi was released on March 19, 2018. December 19, 2017—The Iranian judiciary should immediately free ailing trade unionist Reza Shahabi, who recently suffered ...

December 15, 2017

Rajaee Shahr Prison Officials Refuse to Hospitalize Labor Activist Reza Shahabi After He Has a Stroke

An imprisoned trade unionist, Reza Shahabi, has been denied hospitalization despite suffering a stroke, ...

November 28, 2017

Political Prisoners in Rajaee Shahr Prison Slapped With New Charges for Engaging in Peaceful Protest

Christian convert Ebrahim Firoozi and political activist Saeed Shirzad. Three prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee ...

November 20, 2017

Political Prisoners Transferred to Prison in Northwestern Iran After Being Beaten by Rajaee Shahr Guards

Three political prisoners serving life sentences have been transferred from Rajaee Shahr Prison in Karaj, west of Tehran, to Orumiyeh Central Prison in West Azerbaijan Province, 444 miles away, without a court order ...

November 17, 2017

Rajaee Shahr Prison Inmates Fed With Livestock Feed

A political prisoner in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Iran, labor activist Reza Shahabi, has ...

November 9, 2017

Political Prisoners Urge International NGOs to Investigate Case of Inmate With Suspected Cancer

Three human rights activists held in Rajaee Shahr Prison in Iran have written a letter urging international rights groups to help fellow political prisoner Majid Assadi, who has been denied outside medical treatment despite severe health problems ...

October 30, 2017

Hundreds of Iranian Rights Activists Call on Political Prisoner Mohammad Nazari to End Hunger Strike

Mohammad Nazari has been imprisoned since 1994. More than 700 Iranian ...

October 20, 2017

“Help Me Gain the Freedom I am Legally Entitled To,” Pleads Hunger-Striking Political Prisoner

Mohammad Nazari has been imprisoned in Iran since 1994 for his membership in a separatist group. The ...

September 20, 2017

Persistent Hunger Strikers at Rajaee Sharhr Prison in Iran Denied Medical Care

Four political prisoners in Iran’s Rajaee Shahr Prison are being denied medical care after refusing food ...

September 18, 2017

Two Political Prisoners on 48th Day of Hunger Strike at Rajaee Shahr Prison as Others Shift to Fast

Peaceful Protestors With Roses Arrested Outside Prison At least two political prisoners remain on the hunger strike they began ...

September 9, 2017

Authorities Ignore Starving Political Prisoners at Rajaee Shahr Prison, Restrict Family Visitations

Former Political Prisoners Implore Judiciary To Consider Prisoners’ Demands Forty days after more than 15 political prisoners went on a mass ...

August 27, 2017

Tehran Prosecutor Calls Hunger Strikes “Threats” Amid Mass Strike at Rajaee Shahr Prison

“Prisoners must endure their punishment to the fullest” Tehran Prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi has described hungers strikes undertaken by prisoners as “threats” that the judicial system ...

August 16, 2017