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Seven Baha'i citizens living in Shiraz, according to a ruling by the city's first branch of the Revolutionary Court, have been sentenced to a total of 39 years in prison on charges of "propaganda...

There is no information of the whereabouts of a Sanandaj worker detained by security forces at his workplace in recent days. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, there is...

The six-year prison sentence for Rezvaneh Ahmad Khanbeigi, a civil activist imprisoned in Evin Prison, was upheld by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals, chaired by Judge Zargar. The citizen was initially sentenced...

Yesterday, two Sunni activists from Mahabad were arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, security forces detained two Sunni activists...

Massive reports from different prisons of the country indicate the spread of coronavirus in prisons. The disease has spread to Greater Tehran Prison (Fashafuyeh), Gohardasht Prison, Ghezel Hesar, Markazi, Karaj, Orumieh, Shiban Ahvaz,Kashan Prisons...

The family of Robert Levinson announced the death of the American citizen and retired FBI agent who disappeared in the Kish Island thirteen years ago on their Facebook page. The family wrote in a statement...

Zainab Ismaili, a member of the Kurdish Mothers’ for Peace, who has been detained by agents of the Sanandaj Intelligence Office in Dehgolan since February 27th, 2020, continued to be detained and integrated by...

A Sunni cleric in Mehrestan, Sistan and Baluchistan province, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to a Baluch Activist Campaign, Hafiz Abdulrashid Rigi, a Sunni cleric living in Mehrestan...

In the Ahwaz Central Prison, two cases of Coronavirus among political prisoners and three cases of imprison soldiers with the virus have been registered.  For now, they have been transferred to the prison medical...

The judiciary has opposed the request for temporarily release of medical doctor Nasser Fahimi, imprisoned in Greater Tehran Prison. According to the Campaign for Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, the judiciary rejected the request...

The death sentence of Mustafa Salimi, was carried out in Saqez Central Prison. He was a Kurdish political prisoner who escaped from Saqez prison during the riot and was re-arrested, According to the Campaign to Defense...

Milad Arsanjani, a prisoner held in the Greater Tehran Prison and one of the detainees from November 2019 protests, was sentenced to seven years in prison. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political...

From March, 2020, Atena Daemi has been denied to be sent to the hospital for treatment and to have in-person visit with her family. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil...

Thirty Iranian human rights organizations and organizations from around the world in a joint statement to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Katrina Lump in Turkey, have raised their...

Six prisoners with the disease have died in Greater Tehran Prisons following the spread of the Coronavirus in Iranian prisons. According to the Free Trade Union of Iranian Workers, six prisoners with coronavirus have died...

The Turkish Immigration Office, which processes refugee and asylum cases, has canceled the health coverage for many Iranian and Afghan refugees in Turkey. There are many families in need of urgent treatment and medical services,...

Mohammad Mokhtari, captain of the Damash Gilan football team, was arrested by Quds Force intelligence agents in the Gilan province and taken to an unknown location. According to ILNA news agency, on Wednesday, March 11th,...

Mohammad Rasoulof, an Iranian filmmaker and director who was sentenced to one year in prison and two years ban on leaving the country and two years ban from membership in political and social parties,...

Forouzan Yazdanipour, a master's student in cultural and media studies at the University of Tehran who was arrested by the Revolutionary Guard Intelligence Agency, remains in custody despite bail. According to the Student Councils of...

Zainab Ismaili, one of Mothers of Kurdish Peace and Reconciliation was arrested by Dehgolan Intelligence Bureau and taken to Sanandaj Detention Center. According to the Kurdish Human Rights Network, on Thursday, February 27th, 2020, Zainab...