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Iran: First public hanging in two years amid growing wave of executions
On Saturday, July 23, Iranian authorities hanged political prisoner Iman Sabzikar in public in Shiraz. This is the first public hanging...
Sep 7, 2022


Iran: several dozen executed in one month alone, 28 in one week
The mullahs’ regime ruling Iran has been severely escalating the number of executions across the country as 71 were hanged through the...
Sep 7, 2022


UN Experts Call on Iran to Account for 1988 Massacre of Dissidents
The United Nations made public the communication sent by seven UN Special Rapporteurs on September 3, 2020, to the Iranian authorities...
Jan 6, 2021


FAC Publishes Report On Iran Policy Including Recomendations by Anglo-Iranian Political Prisoners
The UK's Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) has published its report named "No Prosperity without jusice: the UK's relationship with Iran"....
Dec 16, 2020


Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmad Reza Jalali Faces Imminent Execution
The wife of Iranian-Swedish medical doctor Ahmad Reza Jalali who has been sentenced to death in Iran for alleged espionage said her...
Dec 7, 2020


Young Inmate Tortured to Death North Iran Prison
A young inmate, Mohammad Dowji, 19, was tortured to death by prison guards in Amirabad Prison in Gorgan on November 18, 2020. He had been...
Dec 7, 2020


Fate of Vahid and Habib Afkari Unknown 60 Days After Execution of Navid
More than 60 days after the execution of Iranian wrestling champion Navid Afkari, his brothers Vahid and Habib Afkari are still detained...
Dec 7, 2020


Tehran University Student Activist Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Student activist Soha Mortezaei was sentenced to six year in prison for holding a solitary sit-in outside Tehran University in protest to...
Dec 7, 2020


“Coronavirus will bring about death tsunami at prison,” political prisoners warn
A group of political prisoners of ward 8, Evin Prison, published a statement pointing to the re-spread of coronavirus in the country and...
Dec 7, 2020


Coronavirus Outbreak Among Political Prisoners in Tehran
At least 20 political prisoners detained in November 2019 protests have been infected with COVID-19 in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary....
Dec 7, 2020


Political Prisoner Set Fire to Himself in Front of Urmia Prison Authorities
A political prisoner set fire to himself in front of the prison’s deputy warden and observer judge. The incident happened on 18 October...
Oct 28, 2020


Iranian Judiciary Systematically Drugs Jailed Protesters
The Iranian Judiciary is enforcing drugs on young protesters detained in prisons to make them addicts, reports Iran Human Rights Monitor....
Oct 28, 2020


Covid-19 Positive Female Political Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment
A female political prisoner held ad Tabriz Prison has tested positive for Covid-19 disease. Masoumeh Senobari contracted the virus after...
Oct 28, 2020


Political Prisoner, Soheil Arabi, Held in Solitary for Exposing Prison Conditions
On September 18, Soheil Arabi was taken to an unknown location from the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) where he was being held since...
Oct 28, 2020


Iranian Student Imprisoned for Protesting Downing of Ukrainian Plane
Mostafa Hashemizadeh, a student at Tehran University, has been sentenced to six years in prison and 74 lashes. Branch 26 of Tehran’s...
Oct 28, 2020


Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentences for Sunni Political Prisoners
Branch 38 of the Iranian Supreme Court for a third time upheld the death sentences against seven Sunni political prisoners on September...
Oct 28, 2020


Innocent Wrestling Champion Navid Afkari Executed Amid World Outrage
Navid Afkari, 27 year old wrestling champion of Iran, was executed for participating in a protest against the Iranian regime. He was...
Sep 12, 2020


Navid Afkari: Open Letter - Torture, Forced Confession
Navid Afkari has been sentenced to double death penalties, 6.5 years in prison and 74 lashes. Twenty-seven and a wrestling champion,...
Sep 6, 2020


Save Wrestling Champion Navid Afkari From Execution
Extract from ncr-iran.org Mr Navid Afkari, Iranian wrestling champion, has been sentenced to double execution, 6.5 years’ imprisonment,...
Sep 6, 2020


Jailed Activist Starts Hunger Strike After Sudden Prison Transfer
Jailed human rights defender Behnam Mousivand, has started on a hunger strike following his abrupt transfer to Rajai Shahr Prison in...
Sep 6, 2020
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