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It has been over two months since the arrest of Yalda Emam-Doust, a long-distance running champion, mother of two, and former political prisoner. She was detained in mid-August 2025 by security forces at her home in Isfahan and transferred to an undisclosed location. Despite persistent efforts by her family, no official information has been provided about her whereabouts or physical condition. Born in 1975 in Ilam and residing in Isfahan, Emam-Doust is a well-known figure in

Abbas Daghaghleh, a 22-year-old Ahwazi Arab rapper known by his stage name Rashash, was arrested by security forces in Ahvaz on Friday, October 10, 2025. According to local sources, officers raided his home, confiscating his phone and music recording equipment. Rashash is known for addressing issues such as poverty, ethnic discrimination, racism, and the systemic marginalization of the Arab population in Khuzestan through his lyrics. Following his arrest, all posts on his Ins

At the close of the 2025 Nobel Prize announcement week, 105 Nobel Laureates from five continents sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, expressing their solidarity with the people of Iran. In their letter, they stated: The people of Iran have rejected both the monarchical dictatorship and the religious tyranny, calling instead for a free and democratic republic. We condemn the escalating executions, repression, and grave human rights violations in Iran,

There was a time when Nelson Mandela symbolized years of imprisonment and steadfast resistance. Today in Iran, many brave souls have spent their lives behind bars — teachers of endurance and courage in the harshest conditions. We will not let their names fade beneath the dust of forgotten years. #SaeedMasouri #GholamhosseinKalbi #PoliticalPrisoners #Iran #Resistance #Freedom #HumanRights #OneStepToUprising #FreePoliticalPrisoners #IranPrisoners #VoicesOfResistance

Political prisoner Nima Shahi is facing the death penalty in Iran on charges of supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK). He is being punished solely for his beliefs and political affiliation. Let’s be his voice and speak out to save his life. #NimaShahi #StopExecutions #FreeNimaShahi #HumanRights #Iran #PoliticalPrisoner #NoToExecution #SaveNimaShahi #IranPrisoners #Freedom

The inhumane punishment of amputating four fingers from the right hand of Mohsen Ashiri, a Bakhtiari prisoner from Zazaran and resident of Isfahan, was carried out on Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (8 Mehr 1404), at Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan. According to Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Ashiri — also known as Mohsen Larazbakhsh Falavarjani, aged 37 — was arrested six years ago on charges of “theft” and sentenced by the Isfahan Criminal Court to six months in prison and am

Despite the return of some female prisoners from Qarchak to Evin Prison, political prisoner Maryam Akbari Monfared remains held in Qarchak. The transfer back to Evin only applied to those who had been moved to Qarchak following the July 2 attack on Evin Prison during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran. Women convicted of non-political offenses, as well as political prisoners who were already in Qarchak before the attack — including Akbari Monfared — continue to be held in

Amnesty International reports that over 1,000 people have been executed in Iran in 2025. The Iranian authorities are systematically using the death penalty to silence dissent — a cold and horrifying attack on the right to life. #Iran #AmnestyInternational #DeathPenalty #HumanRights #StopExecutions #RightToLife #NoToExecution #Freedom

Human rights sources report that 17 supporters of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) are currently under death...

Despite the transfer of all female political prisoners from Qarchak Prison to Evin, Maryam Akbari Monfared — now in her sixteenth year of...

Reports from Iran indicate that several female political and ideological prisoners who had been transferred from Evin Prison to Qarchak...

Amnesty International has issued an urgent appeal, stating that dozens of people in Iran — including Ehsan Faridi — are at risk of...

Ehsan Faridi, born 1382 (Iranian calendar), a student at the Faculty of Engineering in Tabriz, who had previously been sentenced to death...

More than 49 days have passed since the arrest of Ehsan and Ramin Rostami, two Kurdish cultural activists from Harsin and residents of...

As the world prepares to mark the World Day Against the Death Penalty, reports from Iran reveal a shocking escalation in executions...

In the early hours of Sunday, October 6, 2025, forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) opened direct fire on a group of...

The confirmation of the death sentence for Mohammad Javad Vafaei Thani, the 30-year-old boxing champion from Mashhad, by the Supreme...

Local sources report that agents from the Iranshahr Intelligence Office arrested Samad Rigi, a Baluch civil and social activist, at his...

Human rights sources report that Ehsan Afrashteh, an inmate held in Ward 7, Hall 12 of Evin Prison, was transferred early on Tuesday,...

Amnesty International has issued an urgent statement warning about the escalating wave of executions in Iran, noting that dozens of...