On Tuesday, December 8, 2025, the “Tuesdays Against the Death Penalty” campaign entered its 98th consecutive week, marked by coordinated hunger strikes by prisoners in 55 prisons across Iran. Participating prisoners paid tribute to Khosrow Alikordi, a justice-seeking lawyer and supporter of the campaign, whose death was described as suspicious, and extended condolences to his family, colleagues, and the community of freedom-seeking lawyers. In their statement, prisoners stres

On Monday, December 7, 2025, at least 11 prisoners were executed in Iranian prisons located in Kashan, Neyshabur, Zanjan, Dorud, Kerman, Saveh, Gorgan, Dastgerd Prison in Isfahan, and Lakan Prison in Rasht. The wide geographical spread of these executions—from central Iran to the north and west—underscores that these killings are neither isolated nor reactive, but rather part of a broader, systematic policy. In Kashan Prison, Reza Raoufi, who had been convicted of murder, was

Amnesty International has issued a new statement warning of the worsening human rights situation in Iran, revealing that dozens of...