Iranian political prisoners

Iranian activist sentenced to 12 years for tweeting a single dot

Iran's judiciary reported that a "fugitive Mossad agent" had been arrested in June, later identified to be Shanbehzadeh. He is now charged with pro-Israel propaganda, which he denies.

 Hossein Shanbehzadeh
 Sharifeh Mohammadi, from a post to Facebook.

'If you want to execute Mohammadi, dig two graves': Iranian labor activist sentenced to death

 Supporters of People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran protest outside Stockholm District Court on the first day of the trial of Hamid Noury, 60, accused of involvement in the massacre of political prisoners in Iran in 1988, Stockholm, Sweden August 10, 2021.

Sweden frees convicted former Iranian official Hamid Noury in prisoner exchange deal

 US President Joe Biden and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

American prisoners freed by Iran land in US after swap deal, CNN reports


EU, Stockholm say Swedish citizen held in Iran

The New York Times reported that a Swedish citizen, who according to the paper has been working for the European Union's diplomatic corps, had been imprisoned in Iran for more than 500 days.

Police stand guard outside the Swedish Embassy during a protest against a man who burned a copy of the Quran outside a mosque in the Swedish capital Stockholm, in Tehran, Iran June 30, 2023.

Iran says US should explain links to prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd

US envoy for Iran, Abram Paley, met on Friday with the family of Sharmahd, who was convicted of heading a pro-monarchist group accused of a deadly bombing in 2008.

 The first hearing of the case of Jamshid Sharmahd

Iran's supreme leader issues pardon for 'tens of thousands' of prisoners - IRNA

The pardon approved by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came with conditions which said the measure would not apply to any of the numerous dual nationals held in Iran.

Prison cell block

Images of emaciated Iranian prisoner on hunger strike prompt outrage

Farhad Meysami has been jailed since 2018 for supporting women activists protesting against the headscarf police.

 Iran's Ghezel Hesar Prison

Iran Revolution is not just a local problem but a global one - opinion

In the 120 days since the protests on 2022, Iran has ruthlessly murdered at least 525 protesters and detained and tortured countless more.

 THE BIGGEST disappointment was watching how Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was welcomed at the United Nations and the General Assembly, says the writer

'Uncaged Sky': How a woman survived 804 days in an Iranian prison - review

Kylie Moore-Gilbert delves into the psyche of the wild conspiracy theories that occupy the minds of the ruthless men who wield power in the theocratic state of Iran.

 MEMORIAL EXHIBITION features Iranian political prisoners on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, 2019.

‘Death sentence certain’ for German-Iranian journalist

The Iranian regime kidnapped Jamshid Sharmahd in 2020 and claims he played role in the 2008 Shiraz attack that killed 14.

Jamshid Sharmahd

EU politician urges Oberlin College to fire Iran regime ‘criminal’

'It employs a man with blood on his hands while serving for the largest terror sponsoring government' 

Mohammad Jafar Mahallati at TEDxTehran.

Niece of Iran's supreme leader imprisoned in Tehran - report

It is unclear what the niece of Iran's supreme leader is being charged with.

 Screenshot from Zoom call between Farideh Moradkhani and Farah Diba, the widow of the last Shah, in October.

Former Iran hostage files lawsuit against Princeton University for 'abandoning him'

Wang argued that Princeton and its Iran Center took the advice of “pro-regime activists and academics”  prior to his arrest and after his imprisonment.

Xiyue Wang hugging United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein Ed McMullen in December 2019 following his release from Iranian prison.

Iran court upholds jail term for UK-Iranian aid worker

In April, an Iranian court sentenced an aid worker to a new term in jail on charges of propaganda against Iran's ruling system, just a month after she finished a prior five-year sentence.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (R)