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Category: Prisoners
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Inside the Streets: Three Eyewitness Accounts from Iran’s Nationwide Protests
Three eyewitness accounts from Tehran and Isfahan show teenagers leading protests, women shielding them, and security forces responding with pellets, batons, and tear gas.…
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Rial Crash to Campus Revolt: Iran’s Protests Spread from Tehran’s Markets Nationwide
A post-war currency shock sparked bazaar shutdowns in Tehran, then spread through cities and universities, becoming a broader confrontation over inequality, repression, and life.…
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The Islamic Republic Executed Aqil Keshavarz amid Iran’s 2025 Execution Surge
Aqil Keshavarz was executed on “Israel spying” charges amid a sharp rise in executions, post-war securitization, mass arrests, and expanding death-penalty laws. The Islamic…
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Arrests at Alikordi’s Funeral: When Mourning Becomes a Security Case
Security forces violently disrupted Khosro Alikordi’s memorial in Mashhad, arresting dozens including prominent activists, as mourning was reframed as “disorder” and justice-seeking treated as…
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“He Never Stopped Defending Us”: The Suspicious Death of Lawyer Khosro Alikordi
Human rights lawyer Khosro Alikordi dies suddenly after sustained state pressure, prompting prison protests, a nationwide lawyers’ statement, and scrutiny of Iran’s war on…
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Six Days that Mattered: Qezel Hesar Hunger Strike Forces a Temporary Halt to Executions
A mass hunger strike by prisoners on death row at Qezel Hesar, amplified by families and a broad civic coalition, won a six-month suspension…
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1,500 Death-Row Prisoners Go on Mass Strike as Executions Surge
About 1,500 death-row inmates in Ghezel Hesar Prison launched a hunger strike against mass executions, declaring: “Our patience has run out from this endless…
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Largest Campus Protest in Two Years: Khajeh Nasir Students Rally in Tehran
Khajeh Nasir students staged a rally against securitization and welfare cuts, demanding restored shuttles, affordable meals, better dorms, and an end to expulsions and…
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Teaching Through Repression: How Iran’s Educators Kept the Movement Alive Over the Past Year
Amid intensified crackdowns, Iran’s teachers sustained nationwide organizing, faced mass dismissals and arrests, built cross-movement solidarity, and demanded an end to securitized schooling, recognition…
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Iran’s Political Prisoners Call Somayeh Rashidi’s Death in Qarchak a ‘Systematic Killing’
The death of 42-year-old political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi after denied medical care in Qarchak Prison has triggered outrage from current and former prisoners, who…
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Slow Death in Qarchak Prison: The Medical Neglect That Killed the Political Prisoner Somayeh Rashidi
Political prisoner Somayeh Rashidi, 42, died in Qarchak Prison after months of denied medical care. Her death highlights systemic neglect in Iran’s prisons, long…
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76 Baloch Prisoners Executed in Iran in Five Months
Between January and May 2025, Iran executed at least 76 Baloch prisoners, sparking alarm over due process violations and ethnic discrimination. Activists warn the…