Iranian political prisoners

Jailed British couple in Iran continue hunger strike, US-based rights org. HRANA says

Craig and Lindsay Foreman, jailed in Iran on espionage charges, have been denied adequate medical care and contact with their families, HRANA reported.

FILE PHOTO: Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple who have been sentenced by Iran to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage, according to their family, pose for a selfie in an unknown location in this undated handout photograph taken in 2024 and obtained by Reuters on February 19, 2026.
Mohammad Reza Morad Bahrouzi was beaten in an Israeli prison over alleged communication with oppostiion groups or groups affiliated with Israel.

Iranian political prisoner accused of conspiring with Israel brutally beaten in prison

THREE WOMEN - Sharifeh Mohammadi, Pakhshan Azizi, and Varisheh Moradi - are at risk of death following the confirmation of their death sentences.

Sexual abuse in Iranian prisons sharply rises as population repression increases during ceasefire

FILE PHOTO: Craig and Lindsay Foreman, a British couple who have been sentenced by Iran to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage, according to their family, pose for a selfie in an unknown location in this undated handout photograph taken in 2024 and obtained by Reuters on February 19, 2026.

UK nationals in Iran call on government to defend them amid Tehran airstrikes


'Uncaged Sky': How a woman survived 804 days in an Iranian prison - review

Kylie Moore-Gilbert delves into the psyche of the wild conspiracy theories that occupy the minds of the ruthless men who wield power in the theocratic state of Iran.

 MEMORIAL EXHIBITION features Iranian political prisoners on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, 2019.

‘Death sentence certain’ for German-Iranian journalist

The Iranian regime kidnapped Jamshid Sharmahd in 2020 and claims he played role in the 2008 Shiraz attack that killed 14.

Jamshid Sharmahd

EU politician urges Oberlin College to fire Iran regime ‘criminal’

'It employs a man with blood on his hands while serving for the largest terror sponsoring government' 

Mohammad Jafar Mahallati at TEDxTehran.

Niece of Iran's supreme leader imprisoned in Tehran - report

It is unclear what the niece of Iran's supreme leader is being charged with.

 Screenshot from Zoom call between Farideh Moradkhani and Farah Diba, the widow of the last Shah, in October.

Former Iran hostage files lawsuit against Princeton University for 'abandoning him'

Wang argued that Princeton and its Iran Center took the advice of “pro-regime activists and academics”  prior to his arrest and after his imprisonment.

Xiyue Wang hugging United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Ed McMullen in December 2019 following his release from Iranian prison.

Iran court upholds jail term for UK-Iranian aid worker

In April, an Iranian court sentenced an aid worker to a new term in jail on charges of propaganda against Iran's ruling system, just a month after she finished a prior five-year sentence.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (R)

Iran civil rights lawyer on hunger strike due to harassment in prison

"Soheila Hejab has continued from inside prison to denounce the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and unmistakably call for overthrow. The fierce courage in her voice is chilling"

 Israel is working in a coordinated way to counter Iran

Iran’s regime threatens to execute brother of wrestler Navid Afkari

Navid’s brothers Vahid and Habib also participated in the demonstrations against the regime in 2018

Executed Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari

Who betrayed Iranian journalist Ruhollah Zam?

BEHIND THE LINES: Mystery surrounds capture of Iranian dissident journalist

Ruhollah Zam is seen during his trial in Tehran on June 2.

Why is Iran executing, kidnapping so many people?

No other regime in the world does this. Iran’s point is that international laws don’t apply to it.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a virtual speech, on the occasion of the Prophet Mohammad's birthday, in Tehran, Iran November 3, 2020.