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Molavi Abdulrahim Koohi, a Baluchi prisoner sentenced to death, continued to be interrogated at the Zahedan Intelligence Office. He has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment and death by a revolutionary court for "...

Kamran Sakhtemangar, a labor activist from Sanandaj who was arrested last week by intelligence forces in the village of Erbiloglu in Saqez, is still being interrogated in an unknown location. According to the Campaign for...

"She died three days ago. But they did not hand over her body to family. They said should go and understand some rules first." This is Sahar’s family friend, Reza’s (alias), description to IranWire....

According to BBC Persian reports, Farhad Salmanpour was detained by security forces on Wednesday, August 21st, 2019, and is currently in Evin Prison. Some social network users attribute his arrest to Saeed Malekpour's departure from...

Mohammed Najafi, a human rights activist and a justice department lawyer detained in Arak Central Prison, ended his hunger strike after being returned from the quarantine ward of the prison. According to the Campaign for...

Mohsen Saeedpour, a resident of Sanandaj, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, on Wednesday August 21st, 2019, security...

Azam Khazri Javadi (Nasrin Javadi), who was arrested on the International Labor Day, was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment and 74 of lashes by Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of "gathering...

The Sanandaj Prosecutor's Office has objected to the city First Branch of the Revolutionary Court sentences for two Kurdish activists, Avat Karami and Idris Mohammadi, by calling it insufficient. According to the Campaign for the...

Kamil Ahmadi, an Iranian-British dual citizen, was arrested in Tehran by security forces. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, on Sunday August 11th, 2019, security forces arrested Kamil Ahmadi,...

The 8-year sentence for Sina Darvish, German-language translator student and detainee from the December and January protests, was upheld in Tehran's Court of Appeals. Arash Dolatshahi, Sinai Darvish’s lawyer, told Ensaf News, "The eight-year prison...

Abbas Lesani, a Azerbaijani activist and political prisoner held in Ward 7 of Ardebil Prison, was transferred to an out-of-prison medical center for treatment. He was later returned to prison after medical examinations and...

Moein Hajizadeh, a resident of Tehran, was arrested by security forces and taken to an unknown location. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, security forces arrested Moein Hajizadeh and...

Hussein Kamangar, a member of the Kurdistan National Unity Party and a resident of Kamyaran, in a short conversation with his family, stated that his court is set for August 10th, 2019 and he...

Parvin Adwaei, a civil rights activist who was arrested by security forces in Marivan on Saturday, July 27th, 2019, remains under interrogation and pressure at the detention center in Sanandaj in order for officers...

Noushin Jafari, theater and cinema photographer has been in detention for 4 days at an unknown location. According to the Campaign to Defend Political and Civil Prisoners, security agents arrested Noushin Jafari, a photographer for...

Asghar Amirzadegan, teacher and activist in Fars province, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in two separate cases. According to the Campaign for the Defense of Political and Civil Prisoners, Asghar...

Hamid Babaei, economist and researcher at the University of Liègen Belgium, was released from Evin Prison at the end of his sentence. The political prisoner was arrested in August 2013, by the Ministry of...

Amir Raesian, the lawyer of Leila Hosseinzadeh, a student who was sentenced to thirty months in prison on charges of “assembly and collusion” and “propaganda against the regime”, announced the transfer of his client...

Anisha (Maryam) Asadollahi, a civil activist who was detained for the second time by intelligence officials this June, was temporarily released from Evin prison on bail. The language teacher was arrested on May 11th,...

Naji Savari, a teacher and writer, who was detained by security forces in Ahwaz in May, started a hunger strike to protest against continued detention and the misconduct of the interrogators. This prisoner is...