Iran’s youth respond to the regime’s murder of Baluch activist and crackdown on political prisoners
On Thursday, February 1, the lifeless body of 19-year-old Baluch activist Sepehr Shirani was found in Zahedan, two days after being...
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Feb 53 min read
Iran’s regime executes Kurdish political prisoner Farhad Salimi
On Tuesday, January 23, 2024, Iranian regime authorities in Ghezel Hesar prison carried out the death sentence of political prisoner...
Feb 51 min read
Iran’s regime executes political prisoner Mohammad Ghobadlou in relation to 2022 nationwide uprising
Iranian authorities in Ghezel Hesar prison, Karaj, executed political prisoner Mohammad Ghobadlou on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, for...
Jun 3, 20233 min read
Tehran’s hysterical reaction to Maryam Rajavi’s presence in the European Parliament
In an important cross-party gathering at the European Parliament on May 24, the President-elect of the Iranian opposition NCRI Mrs....
Jun 3, 20233 min read
Conference in European Parliament in support of Iran’s protests, Resistance movement
On Wednesday, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), addressed a gathering in the...
Jun 3, 20232 min read
109 world leaders unite to support Iran’s pro-democracy movement
In a resounding global initiative, 109 distinguished former world leaders hailing from 47 nations signed an open letter that calls on the...
Jun 3, 20233 min read
Iranian dissidents take over high-security servers of regime presidency
A group of Iranian dissidents, self-described as “GhyamSarnegouni” (meaning “Rise to Overthrow” in Farsi), has claimed responsibility for...
Jun 3, 20233 min read
Iran’s Baluch population in Zahedan launch new anti-regime demonstrations
Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 260th day on Friday as the brave Baluch population in Zahedan, the provincial capital of...
May 22, 20234 min read
Baluchis in Iran renew protests as the regime continues execution surge
Iran’s nationwide uprising is witnessing its 239th day on Friday as the country’s Baluchi community is protesting in the streets yet...
May 22, 20233 min read
Iran’s regime hangs three protesters amid surge in executions
The regime ruling Iran executed three inmates in Isfahan today for their involvement in the Iranian Revolution protests in this city back...
May 14, 20233 min read
The statement of the majority of Scottish parliamentarians in support of the 10-point Maryam Rajavi
The statement of the majority of Scottish parliamentarians in support of the 10-point program of the elected president of the National...
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Sit-in in support of people's uprising and in defense of political prisoners
Dear compatriots, Iranians living in England British citizens, members of parliament The national uprising of the Iranian people is...
Oct 20, 20223 min read
Asra Panahi, 15, lost her life when beaten by plainclothes agents
University students mark Day 33 of Iran protests Asra Panahi, 15, lost her life when beaten by plainclothes agents. The NCRI Women’s...
Oct 20, 20223 min read
Iran Protests and the Alarming Trend of Underage Victims
There are dozens of underage children among over 400 victims of the ongoing Iran uprising. Their pictures, with their innocent faces,...
Oct 20, 20222 min read
103 Members of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Support Iran Uprising
On October 12, hundred and three members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe signed a declaration, calling on the...
Oct 20, 20223 min read
Iran Protests and Youth: A Generation Striving for Freedom Won’t Tolerate Oppression
Nationwide Iran protests entered their second month despite the regime’s severe crackdown and the death of over 400 protesters. Iranian...
Oct 20, 20223 min read
Rebellion at Evin Prison Proved Iranian Regime’s Failure to Intimidate Dissent
ran’s notorious Evin prison was engulfed in fires on Saturday, a few hours after prisoners defiantly chanted “death to the dictator” as...
Sep 7, 20223 min read
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, 20223 min read
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...
Jan 6, 20212 min read
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...
Dec 16, 20202 min read
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 7, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
“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, 20202 min read
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....
Oct 28, 20201 min read
Health of Political Prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna Deteriorating in Evin Prison
Reports say the health of political prisoner Fatemeh Mosanna held at women’s ward of Evin Prison is deteriorating and the authorities...
Oct 28, 20202 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
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...
Sep 12, 20202 min read
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 6, 20205 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20201 min read
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, 20201 min read
2 Brothers Sentenced to Prison, 1 Sentenced To Death For Iran Protests
Navid Afkari Sangari, 27, has received two death sentences, six years and six months of prison, and 74 lashes for supposedly the murder...
Sep 6, 20201 min read
Political Prisoner Arzhang Davoudi Held Incommunicado In Zahedan Prison
Political prisoner Arzhang Davoudi is detained in a quarantined solitary cell incommunicado in the Central Prison of Zahedan, isolated...
Aug 29, 20202 min read
Women Political Prisoners in the Qarchak Prison Are In Catastrophic Conditions
The lives of women political prisoners in the notorious Qarchak Prison of Varamin are in danger. Not only their living and sanitary...
Aug 29, 20205 min read
Survivors, Witnesses and Experts Renew Call For Inquiry Into Iran’s 1988 Massacre
On 22nd August 2020, the National Council of Resistance of Iran hosted a virtual conference on what has been called the “worst crime of...
Aug 29, 20202 min read
Peaceful Protester Sentenced To Prison, Lashes, And Exile
Civil activist and journalist, Mohammad Nourizad, has been sentenced to 8 months in prison, 148 lashes and one year of exile in Tabas, by...
Aug 29, 20202 min read
Detained Activist Sheds Light On Evin Prison Conditions During Coronavirus
Alireza Farshi Dizjikan, an Azeri activist detained in Evin Prison, wrote an open letter to the legal deputy of Evin prison to attend to...
Aug 29, 20202 min read
Human Rights Lawyer Health Deteriorating In Prison
Imprisoned Human Rights lawyer, Nasrin Sotoudeh, has been transferred to the clinic at Evin Prison after her health deteriorated on her...
Aug 20, 20201 min read
Political Prisoners Tested Positive For Coronavirus In Ward 8 Of Evin Prison
Activist teacher Esmail Abdi, labor activist Jafar Azimzadeh, lawyer Amir Salar Davoudi, Majid Azarpay, Fereydoun Ahmadi and Saeed...
Aug 20, 20201 min read
Kurdish Political Prisoner In Iran, Heydar Ghorbani, At Risk Of Imminent Execution
On 5th August 2020, Branch 27 of Iran’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against political prisoner Heydar Ghorbani, a member of the...
Aug 5, 20201 min read
Iran Executes Political Prisoner - Mostafa Salehi - Arrested in 2017 Nationwide Protests
Political prisoner Mostafa Salehi was arrested in Isfahan, central Iran, for participating in the nationwide December 2017 protests in...
Jul 26, 20202 min read
Coronavirus Death Toll in 347 Cities Exceeds 75,900
As of 24th July 2020, the number of Coronavirus fatalities in 347 cities across Iran had passed 75,900. The number of victims in Tehran...
Jul 26, 20202 min read
32nd Year Anniversary Of The 1988 Massacre of 30,000 Political Prisoners In Iran
On 19th July 2020, day 2 of the Free Iran Global Summit, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a conference on the 32nd...
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